The Art of Roxanne Gasperetti

Ahhh thank you!! 💜

Decided to celebrate the spring migration by drawing my favorite warbler, the Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 🧡

Happy Winter Solstice! ❄️ Tonight is the longest night of the year, but from now on there are brighter days ahead. ☀️

I've featured one of my favorite animals in this piece, the caribou (or reindeer). Well-adapted to life in the arctic in both North America and Eurasia (there are several subspecies), I find that the caribou is a perfect example of perseverance, adaptation, and endurance. It is also the only species of deer in which both males and females grow antlers. Generally, males lose their antlers in the late fall, and females retain their antlers until the following spring.

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) in Eclipse Plumage

Happy fall! 🍂

Going to try to post some things for Sketchtember this month! This is a sketch for a personal icon I’ve had in my head for a while.

Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) for Noelle

Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Inspired by a sweet scene I was able to see on a recent hike. A pair of White-breasted Nuthatches (Sitta carolinesis) courtship feeding. The male brings pieces of food to the female and places it in her bill. The male continues to bring food to the female while she's on the nest, though both parents partake in feeding the young, especially as they grow older.

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Red-winged Blackbird with Wetland Flowers - Watercolor & ink on 7x10" watercolor paper.

Singing Red-winged blackbirds are one of my favorite signs of spring. I've surrounded this one with some flowers that are commonly found in this bird's wetland habitat: Blue vervain (Verbena hastata), Northern blue flag iris (Iris versicolor), Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), and American white water-lily (Nymphaea odorata). I wanted to highlight some of the beauty of our wetlands, which are a vital part of the ecosystem. The many benefits of wetlands include floodwater retention, nutrient cycling and trapping, groundwater recharge, water purification, and wildlife habitat which increases biodiversity. The loss of wetlands is a dangerous recipe for increased flooding and water pollution.