Natural Medium Arts

07/14/2024

Nesting pair going home today

07/11/2024

Always wanted to work on one of these.

04/04/2024

Some recent projects.

02/18/2024

Making progress on my Pheasants Forever donation painting. Lots of work yet on the deer and foreground. This will be one of the first paintings that I’ve actually finished, once completed. Do I add a second deer?

12/14/2023

For the deer hunters….

10/21/2023

What’s on my mind?? DEER…..Upon my sons request, I did a quick sketch this morning of a deer that used to frequent one of the areas I hunt. Jack has challenged my artistic ability. They say you are your own worst critic, that’s not true at all. When he gets home tomorrow he will critique and I will listen. Based the drawing on antlers from the 2021 season, waiting patiently for this genetic to show up.

10/02/2023

Next round of birds….If you have any birds in the freezer that need to be completed, now is the time. Beat the freezer burn.

09/03/2023

An awesome painting my wife Kayce finished for me. This guy is one of my favorite singer/songwriters. Anyone familiar?

08/16/2023

A shelf mount bull canvasback I finished for a good friend of mine…. Look forward to more of these. Shelf is eastern red cedar finished with a block plane and draw knife. Fun project.

08/12/2023

Drake Redhead ready to go home! Not a very traditional pose for a diving duck, wanted to try something new. Anyone have waterfowl or pheasants in the freezer? Mine is close to empty.

08/12/2023

Some of my Grandpa Gilbert’s favorite flowers were moss roses and dahlias. I was honored when my cousin asked me to sketch her a tattoo in memory of him after his passing last winter. This evening, she sent me a picture of the finished product. I will always remember spending my summers working at Grandma and Grandpas resort on Osakis, where watering these flowers was part of a constant cycle of chores. No matter how much work had to be done, Grandpa would always make time to take me out chasing big bluegills in the evenings. Very excited to see this sketch come to life in honor of such a great person.

07/11/2023

California Goldeneye

07/09/2023

Another pheasant finished….This one is for sale…

06/17/2023

This bird was for a customer that won a gift certificate that I had donated to Echo Valley Ducks Unlimited Chapter here in NE Iowa. I look forward to sending it home with him.

05/13/2023

Melanistic rooster waiting on a permanent limb to stand on

05/01/2023

04/30/2023

Long day working on this Drake American Wigeon, arguably one of the prettiest and most underrated of North American Waterfowl…Nick Burris

04/03/2023