Top view of a nine banded armadillo in a circular pose with ears flat. Three thick black lines emit from the left hand side of the armadillo, the background is textured yellow and purple. The image is made with watercolor and ink.   

NonBianary Armadillo

A black and white portrait of my niece on a toned tan paper. Her hair is bold black and her face is pure white with gray value on her face, arm, and no sleeve shirt; and a subtle addition of tan and pink color on her skin. 

My Niece, Halina Thao 

An acrylic painting of the artist in a white flowy dress standing in a sunlit grassy field. They are hanging up a fabric human figure on a yellow clothesline.

Laundry Day

Close colored-pencil rendering of a yellow-and-brown honey bee (Apis mellifera) with about 46% of the image unfilled graphite outline representing the percent decline of this species between 2009 and 2019.

The Disappearing: Bees

A pen and ink drawing of overlapping mandala images as though they are flowers growing in a dense garden. They are surrounded by a single line outline that terminates in a small cluster of leaf shapes in the upper left and right corners.

Mandala Garden

A graphite and charcoal drawing of a hibiscus flower.

Hibiscus

A black and white drawing of a dog snuffling under the trees along the shore of Gunflint Lake

Darla at Gunflint Lake

A detailed drawing of my bookshelf with some of my favorite books. A self portrait of the artist as a tiny figure can be seen standing on the shelf reading a tiny book.

The bookshelf

A sketch of Balonzai, a cute little bug who wears clothes and greets all with a wave and smile.

Balonzai

A little bunny with a mushroom subnhat holding a little plant in a vase, floating on clouds.

Mush

A drawing of a beautiful white swan sitting in the middle of the lake. Peacefully sitting on top of the last piece of ice just before it melts in the Spring. The swan is accompanied by a sea gull at its side. In the water are two ducks, a hooded merganser and a coot, happily floating by in front of the swan.

First Signs of Spring in FaReDo

Repetitive writing in the background. Covered by large text 'WHY ASK WHY' Fingerprints covering work.

WHY ASK WHY

A portrait of a 2 year old Chinese girl with rosy cheeks in a high chair wearing a white shirt and red pants with blue background, who looks like she’s asking a question.

The Girl

An abstracted image of a monolithic forma and human figure, in primarily black and white colors.

Weight of the Bee

While staying in a rented house in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico I drew and painted these wonderful great-tailed grackles. They came everyday to our pool to drink and bathe. Plus they fascinated me because of all there many calls we'd hear every morning. I have done a series of them walking, flying, stretching, sneaking up to pieces of food left on outdoor restaurant tables. 

Mexican Great-tailed grackle

An inked drawing of a skeleton walking across a thin patch of pale, green grass and a sparse backdrop of a cloudless, light-blue sky; the rib-cage holds a large clump of dirt that has a verity of colorful flowers sprouting out and growing between the bones.

Death, Bringer of Life

Sleeping loki

A drawing of a melting face and already melted head. A candle is lit in the middle of where the brain should be. 

Overthinking kills

Tiger eye

Zig zags and squiggles in a variety of colors filled in entire paper with a rainbow of colors 

Kandinsky-art by Henry

A pen drawing in black and white ink on brown paper. The subject is a group of 5 lady slippers, the yellow variety (Cypripedium parviflorum).

Lady slippers 

A drawing from within the crowds of people at one of many marches held at the Minnesota State Capitol

We the People

An abstract painting of many colorful lines forming an amorphous blob shape on a brown-gold background. 

Shapes & That 8

Drawing of 2 birds, 1 with a duck in its mouth, a tree, and flowers.

Birdtopia

A drawing of a gem stone colored leopard skull with purple mushrooms and amethyst crystals growing from the skull. The cat appears like it was growling or fighting it's prey before it met its demise. Life grows from death as the skull now shimmers in gem stone rainbows. 

Crystalized Fungi 

A crayon batik drawing of a lone whale flying through a sunset sky, with clouds hanging below filled with warm colors gradually going to cooler colors. 

52 Hz

This art work is a imaginary rendering of a sun-lit area of beneath the surface of the ocean, with flow patterns and sea weed waving. It fits in the general category of 'contemporary impressionism.' It is drawn on paper with colorful markers and gel pens.

Under The Sea

Four sketches: two cathedrals, one house, one lighthouse

Pen and Ink travel sketches 2013-2018

A colored pencil drawing of a young child on a reclining chair, buried under a thick, blue blanket.

All Good

Black spiral circles overlaying on top of one another. Bottom left hand corner one spiral appears coiled with no end. 

NonBianary Armadillo, 2019

Sarah Mornigstar