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<\/p>\n\u201cWho, Who\u201d, says the wise ole owl\u201d<\/p>\n
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A few years ago, I was at an \u00a0Audubon society exhibit and a Great Horned \u00a0Owl was one of the featured animals.\u00a0 The presenter explained a number of facts about owls.
\nOwls are nocturnal.\u00a0 They can see in dim light and have very keen hearing. An owl\u2019s wings have soft hairs \u00a0on the end which enable them to fly without being heard.<\/p>\n
I was able to take a picture of the owl.\u00a0 Using that picture, I created my \u201cGreat Horned Owl\u201d scratch board image. The owl at the exhibit was displayed on a perch. When I started to create this image I chose to place the owl in a natural setting.<\/p>\n
At night on a tree branch, an owl sits.\u00a0 The moon is the only light at night in the deep woods.\u00a0 The owl\u2019s large eyes allow him to see in the soft moonlight.\u00a0 He listens to the noises of the night.\u00a0 He then takes off, silently flying through the dark woods.\u00a0 He uses his keen hearing to listen for any small creatures moving and rustling below on the ground.<\/p>\n
Is he really wise?…\u00a0 Perhaps a more interesting question would be, \u201cWhat can we learn from the owl.\u201d<\/p>\n
One has to be patient on the hunt. One needs to look and listen, taking full advantage of strong senses.<\/p>\n
He flies through the dark woods.\u00a0 He\u2019s very skilled at flying and searching in the night.
\nWe have our skills, knowledge and talents.\u00a0 What\u2019s in the future we can not know.\u00a0 Yet we must move forward each day on our path to meet our goals.\u00a0 We move forward with what we have, just as the owl does in the dark woods at night.<\/p>\n
Good Luck and Best to your journey.<\/p>\n
Happy Halloween<\/p>\n
This image is\u00a0 in Lisa’s Art & Horses’ 2012 calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n Check out my scratch board images at my scratch board page<\/a>. Please feel free to contact me with questions on art\/products and\/or comments at lisa@lisasart.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Art\u00a0 News <\/strong><\/p>\n Pawtucket Arts Collaborative<\/a> presents:<\/p>\n “Open Studio: Pawtucket”<\/strong><\/p>\n Sept 24 & Sept 25 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Le Cadeau du Cheval<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p>\n Several artists in the Equine Art Guild were a part of this unique tribute to the horse. Click on the image above to read all about it and the artists who participated in it’s creation, as well as see where it will be coming to a location near you in the coming year!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Soldier Portraits<\/strong> For more information, contact Darla (darla@darladixon.com<\/a>) or visit SoldierPortraits.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cWho, Who\u201d, says the wise ole owl\u201d A few years ago, I was at an \u00a0Audubon society exhibit and a Great Horned \u00a0Owl was one of the featured animals.\u00a0 The presenter explained a number of facts about owls. Owls are nocturnal.\u00a0 They can see in dim light and have very keen hearing. An owl\u2019s wings […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,3,5,10,76,51,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-art","category-gift-ideas","category-illustration","category-nature","category-scratch-board","category-wildlife"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1249,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions\/1249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nDarla Dixon organized a group of artists who will create no-charge compassionate portraits for the families who have lost a loved one in Operation Iraqi Freedom\/Operation Enduring Freedom. We are looking for artists to join our efforts, and also for non-artists who will help spread the word about this free service and token of our gratitude to families who have sacrificed so much.”<\/p>\n