Dana Wheeles
@dmwheeles
Magic, Whimsy, and Doofy Birds • Deerhawk Art Studio New book available now! Doofy Birds Down Under: Exploring Weird and Wonderful Australia 🇦🇺
It’s hard to believe that my Zazzle store is almost a decade old. www.zazzle.com/you_are_awes...
Brown booby parent and chick from last year’s trip to #michaelmascay #australianbirds
Currently obsessed with Australian birds in the Estrildidae family #australianbirds #birdillustration #finches #firetails #birdart #aussiebirds
Watercolor sketch of a #doublebarredfinch - one of my favorite little Australian birbs #wip #birdartist #australianbirds
Currently sweltering in a city, but my heart is somewhere down a dirt road. #countryroads #summer #photography
Another new card design in the queue: the #yellowbelliedsapsucker! #birdart #birdlovers #weirdbirdnames #birdillustration
Working on some new #notecard designs and this one has me chuckling. #birdartist #tuftedtitmouse #supportindependentartists
A little glimpse of New Zealand for you. #photography #landscape #queenstownnz #nature
This painting of an #osprey originally had a more traditional landscape behind it. After it sat in my studio for ages, I revisited it and gave it a more abstract and vibrant background with fickers of gold. I’m happy to share that it has found a home! #birdart #birdartist #birdlovers
The lotuses are in bloom at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in DC. 🩷 #nationalparks #photography #easternswallowtail #lotus
Maritime Forest with Live Oaks and Sabal Palms in coastal Georgia. #americansouth #photography #myhappyplace
Slowly posting new prints in the Australia series! www.deerhawkhealing.com/deerhawk-art #rosecrownedfruitdove #birdart #birdartist #artprints #birdlovers #doves
Still painting Australian wildlife! Here a short-beaked echidna I met in Tasmania. #australia #wildlife #nature #echidna
Spent today taking photographs and getting the website updated. Silly me, I've had the new #doofybirds tea towels in hand for a month and only just posted them today! www.deerhawkhealing.com/shop/doofy-b...
Giving myself some time to experiment with other styles after months of working on the same project. #southerncassowary #farnorthqueensland #australianbirds #birdart #birdartist
I finished the book and now nothing is distracting me from missing #australia. How do I get back?!?
Heck yeah, I am obsessed with them both! Here’s my #hoatzin from a calendar I made a few years ago, before I went all in on Australia. 😅
It’s HERE! It’s a real thing! Have you ever seen a bird so strange it’s doofy? I’ve spent the last 4 years learning about the #birds of #australia where everything is weird and wonderful. My illustrated guide is now done & pre-orders are shipping this week 🎉 www.deerhawkhealing.com/shop/austral...
Meet the #sahulsunbird, a bird who makes a truly remarkable hanging nest of lichen, leaves, and spider webs. #australianbirds #birdillustration #birdnerd
I’ve been living in #Maryland for a few months now, which means I am slowly coming to terms with the baffling psychedelic marvel that is the state flag. I sat down today and created what I’m going to call the Maryland Birder’s Flag featuring the #baltimoreoriole (duh) and the #greatblueheron
You know I’m always gonna be one of *those* dorks! Happy Superb Owl Sunday from me and this #rufousowl I met in #darwin last October. #birdillustration #australia #australianbirds #doofybirds #birdnerd
Made the last minute decision to go to the Anti-ICE protest in DC so hastily printed the "Restore the Swamp" for my sign. It's up on #redbubble if you dig it! #dcwetlands #restoretheswamp #washingtondc www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1776...
D.C. wants to be a swamp and I think it’s for the best that we let it be reclaimed by nature. My new slogan: Make D.C. Wetlands Again!
Some of my favorite feathered friends from #newzealand #birdlovers #birdphotography #aotearoa #tui #kereru #kaka
I am having the time of my life in Sydney! Behold, my favorite #doofybirds so far.