Title: Jodi, Boreal Owl

Size: 22 inches wide by 30 inches high

Medium: Original ink drawing

Paper: Stonehenge 100% Cotton Printmaking Paper

Authentic: Signed by artist Andrew Naeger

Part of an ongoing series of bird portraits inspired by people I know, personalities I love or the nature of people and mannerisms I observe. One of my goals beyond documenting birds in my own style to bring attention to nature, the wild species of this world and the importance of their habitats, but also draw out similarities in comparisons to humans. Bringing the two closer together.

Each portrait in this series take 1 to 3 months to complete. The line styles and patterns change based on not only the genetics of the bird, but there personality I’m also trying to capture. Non are technical drawings per se, but feel close to nature. If you study close you will find some purposeful differences, especially in the eyes.

Jodi’s eyes are in this portrait of a boreal Owl. Brown overall with white spots on the back and brown streaks down the white belly. Yellow eyes peer out from a grayish white facial disc bordered in brown. Tiny white spots dot the crown. Patient and observant, a boreal owl is a sit-and-wait predator that hunts from perches, primarily at night, for rodents and other small mammals. Roosts in a different tree every day, usually 15–20 feet above the ground and close to the trunk.

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