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New originals on sale at Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest!

western tanager new ptg april 29

Posted from Seattle, WA April 29, 2012 I’ll be at the Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest!  What’s more, two new originals will be on sale there.  Events like these force me to part with paintings so are a essentially a rare opportunity to buy Newbold originals.  (I don’t hang on to my originals out of sheer … Continue reading

Warblers are blasting through Seattle now!

yellow-rump for migration blog

Posted  April 29, 2012 from Seattle, WA   Here on Beacon Hill, the first big wave of the Warbler migration hit on the 26th of April.  As usual the majority of birds are Yellow-rumped Warblers (one male shown scanning for danger before bathing) headed north and upward to the mtns,  but Orange-crowned Warblers and Wilson’s … Continue reading

He’s hitched!

vg waiting april 6 2012

Posted April 12, 2012 from Seattle Our male Violet-green Swallow came to wait for a mate on March 28, a nice day in a cold stretch, and then again on April 5.  But either she came to him or he found her and brought her back but they spent April 9 sitting within a foot … Continue reading

Rockfish done, wheelbarrow shows promise

wheelbarrow April 11

Posted April 12, 2012 from Seattle After a couple years of work I finally called it quits on the Rockfish painting and it will be available as an offset-litho signed 14 x 18 poster within 2 weeks.  I’ll be thrilled a little more even than usual to be able to put this out and will … Continue reading

You’re invited: The Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest is on and I’ll be there!

Leavenworth arch & mts

Posted April 6th, 2012 from Seattle WA The Leavenworth Spring Birding Festival May 17-20 is set to be better than ever this year!   Check out the website at   http://www.Leavenworthspringbirdfest.com/ One closely-guarded secret about Leavenworth is that the whole town has incorporated a Bavarian theme into its architecture, food and city-culture, which when combined with … Continue reading

UK400 Club chooses Ed’s Nighthawk for website

Nighthawk painting by Ed Newbold

Posted March 30, 2012 from Seattle, WA Ed Newbold is thrilled to announce that the British Birding Association’s UK400 Club is using his painting of a Nighthawk on its home page as a logo for member sign-in and sign-up.    The UK400 Club strives to maintain the life-lists of the top 100 United Kingdom birders, as … Continue reading

Two Rivers works magic

Evening Grosbeak photo by Ed Newbold

Posted March 25, 2012 from Seattle, WA Delia and I went up to Two Rivers Wildlife Management Unit south of Monroe, WA yesterday and experienced moments of Two Rivers magic.   We got out of the car and were helpfully shown a Bittern in the slough by some other birders.  We would have sailed by and … Continue reading

New Starts

new starts swallows

Posted March 18, 2012 from Seattle, WA I’ve mainly been working on Rockfish and other preparations for the next offset litho printing coming soon.  But there are some all-new paintings in the studio.  The most critical is a 60 inch wide gatorboard painting I’m just beginning of the Seattle Skyline.  So far, that’s just pencil … Continue reading

We’re turned back by cold & rain at Nisqually

nisq mar 18 yr warbl 2

Posted March 18, 2012 from Seattle Not every venture into nature is equally divine.   Today Delia and I and our friend Sherry Lee visited the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge and saw lots of great sights but also some signs that some of the critters were as annoyed by the weather as we were.  We got close … Continue reading

Ed Newbold donates original to Skagit Land Trust

swan original

Posted March 12, 2012 from Seattle, WA Pike Place Market Wildlife Artist Ed Newbold has donated an original painting to the Skagit Land Trust.  The Trust, which is embarking on an exciting new project this year, (google Skagit Land Trust) will hang the painting in their office for the year of 2012 and then it … Continue reading