Splendid Toad Art Farm

Goslings

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:10:44 +0000

Now to put some weight back on my sweet girl – they lose a lot of condition brooding on the nest.

Socratica’s Videos

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:16:29 +0000

You can see the videos I illustrated for Socratica on their kids’ videos page. The animals videos, The Emperor’s New Clothes, and The Princess and the Pea are all illustrated by me. Enjoy!

Socratica Kids

Commissioned Portrait

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:29:17 +0000

I can finally share a recent painting. I had to wait for the recipient’s birthday to occur. I had a lot of fun with this one.

Commissioned portrait 2013. Painted digitally, produced as a heavyweight archival print sized 14″ x 11″.

Information on custom commissioned art can be found here.

Broody girls

admin — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:52:21 +0000

Narragansett Turkey and American Buff Goose, sitting on eggs.

A couple of my ‘big girls’ are nesting. The ducks are too busy playing on the water, they’ll get broody later. I didn’t really expect a turkey to take up right beside the goose, but if they’re happy I’m happy. Oddly enough, the gander was a lot more high strung about chasing others away before the turkey settled in. Now he seems much more relaxed – someone can help keep an eye on his girl? I don’t know.

A mixed batch under each of them – goose, turkey, and duck. Guinness is really tolerant about me getting all up in her business.

Gentle girls let me peek. Cameo is a sweetie too. A bit of hissing, but no pecks. Quite a nice surprise – the turkeys have not been cuddly pets. I was expecting to get my hand shredded!

Supervisor

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:18:39 +0000

Most helpful.

Musicians

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:57:06 +0000

This past weekend was the first time I’ve had a booth in the crafts room at the New England Folk Fest. All-Ireland Bones Champion Steve Brown is a family friend and suggested my art might be a good fit. Andy’s the musician in the family, so I wouldn’t have had the idea to go, myself. But Steve knows his stuff and I listen to him. Boy was he right! What a fantastic atmosphere. The crafts room has excellent vendors – instrument makers, jewelry makers, clothing, and all sorts of lovely goodies. Here is the list of vendor links.

I was happy to debut two musician prints for the event! Meet the guitarist and the mandolin player.

goat guitarist – available as a print at https://www.etsy.com/shop/toadbriar

mandolin donkey available as a print at https://www.etsy.com/shop/toadbriar

Narragansett Turkeys

admin — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:22:39 +0000

two toms, two hens.

First goose egg of the year

admin — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:13:54 +0000

It is cat-head size.

Some new Houndton Tabby portraits

admin — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:27:32 +0000

Cora, Lady Grantham: Dalmatian

Daisy: Chihuahua

Mr. Carson: Clumber Spaniel

Find the Houndton Tabby prints in my Etsy shop:

Houndton Tabby from Toadbriar

First duck egg of the season

admin — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:21:57 +0000

And it’s a good thing, because I’ve been missing them.

the Ancona flock. I don’t breed from Kateri the crested black hen, but she’s an awesome broody. And she knows her name.