Today is also International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day and I for one, appreciate the corvids. They are extraordinarily intelligent birds! Here is my murder of crows, part of my #termsOfVenery series of collective nouns for animals series of prints.
The raven is the official bird of the Yukon, in my print with the official flora, fireweed.
Lastly my crow print, inspired by a photo my husband took.
It’s the day to celebrate the superb owls! All owls 🦉 are superb but here are some local favourites.
I love the whimsical terms of venery for groups of animals and have an ongoing series of #linocut#termsOfVenery prints. For my parliament of owls I made two columns of local owls - you can decide for yourself which are the government an which the loyal opposition in this parliament!
For the #SciArtSeptember prompt “simian” I made a new edition to my ongoing series of animals with fabulous collective nouns. It’s A Conspiracy of Lemurs. These ring-tailed lemurs definitely appear to be up to something. Caught in the act of scheming. The word “lemurs” mimics their tails, of course!
The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a wet-nosed primate, endemic to Madagascar. 🧵1/n
This toned cyanotype combines images of various plants with a ghostly image of my linocut ‘Kaleidoscope of butterflies.’ Kaleidoscope is such a great term of venery for a group of animals!
For #PollinationWeek, cause plants get pollinated at night too. I love how moths in French are “night butterflies” so here’s the night shift.
The delightful term for a group of moths is an eclipse. This hand-printed lino block print shows five of the noctural moths of Ontario in front of the moon at a lunar eclipse.
I love the whimsical terms of venery for groups of animals and have an ongoing series of #linocut#termsOfVenery prints. For my parliament of owls I made two columns of local owls - you can decide for yourself which are the government an which the loyal opposition in this parliament! Specifically chose some gothic #lettering and Owl with 👁 and 🪶