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watercolor on paper


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Animal watercolors 1 are an evolution of observation, from relying on a camera’s record to finalize my impressions, to comprehending creatures’ essential energy within their given moments with me.

The macaw and the megabat, I started at the Central Park Zoo, and finished at home, while the chevrotain and the ocellated turkey, I painted at the Bronx Zoo in the minutes between their movements.



©2025 Luke R. Harper
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, “Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.”

Genesis 15:1