Wes & Rachelle Siegrist

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MINIATURE PAINTINGS: African Birds Birds of Prey Butterflies Florals Gamebirds Landscapes Mammals Portraits Reptiles Songbirds Larger\|Older Reproductions HIGHLIGHTS: Biography Exhibits Statements Resumes Galleries Publications Newsletters History Awards Framing Sitemap CONTACT: Order Testimonials siegrist@artofwildlife.com	L to R: Roxanne & Mark Susinno, Bob Mason, Karryl, Joy Kroeger Beckner, Diane Mason and Wes enjoy a delicious dinner during the Society of Animal Artists opening weekend festivities.
	L to R: Eileen Matias, Rachelle Siegrist, James Coe, Tucker Bailey, John Pitcher and Sue Westin enjoy a museum style picnic in the Bennington Center for the Arts.	Rachelle beside one of three covered bridges we visited while in Vermont.
	News: * We've received more awards lately at shows. (See the awards page for highlights) More shows are being added into the schedule. We'll post the Paint America Mini exhibition as soon as we have the details. * The Society of Animal Artists Exhibition opening weekend in Vermont was a complete joy. The Bennington Center for the Arts is a beautiful facility and with the color of the Vermont mountains in the background it was all breathtaking. It was nice finally getting to meet so many friends that we formerly knew only via email and phone! * We are working non-stop some days for 10 hours building back up our depleted inventory for the upcoming Waterfowl Festival. Wes will do his best to get the new paintings online but several will end up being surprises due to us painting until the last minute.
	We enjoyed a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway and lunch at the Pisgah Inn with Wes's parents, George and Jean Siegrist.	Wes atop the Devil's Courthouse in North Carolina on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
	Interesting Updates: * On the easels: Rachelle is working on a calf while Wes is about to start two Bobwhite Quail paintings. We'll have about a dozen brand new paintings at our upcoming shows and almost all our work will be new to the Waterfowl and Plantation.
	Wes photographs an old barn near our home. Sadly they are quickly disappearing, being swallowed by development in the name of progress.	Wes with Lee Bates in Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur, AL on the Cypress Dome trail.
	Our Adventures: * Still painting and more painting! This is a major production spurt for both of us...not sure how Wes will enjoy being stuck down in the basement for a couple days framing everything. * Recent memory makers: Our trip to Vermont where we spent the entire time in the company of four close friends. We met so many new friends too with the 46th Annual Exhibition opening having nearly 50 artist members in attendance ~ a record! We also were entertained like spoiled royalty with the hospitality of Lee and Carol Bates during our stay with them for the Southern Wildlife Festival weekend. At the start of October we spent a full day at a Petting Zoo in Sieverville and the Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg with Wes's parents and other friends. We came back with close to 100 new potential paintings. Canasta card games with neighbors and marshmallow roasts around our backyard fire pit happen every two weeks.
	A group photo beside another one of the Vermont covered bridges (L to R: Rachelle, Diane Mason, Joy Kroeger Beckner, Karryl and Wes).	Rachelle and Wes's Dad, George, join the pirate crew at the Ripley's Aquarium. Obviously Rachelle and her bunny ears would not have lasted long with her crewmates!
	Critter Encounters: * Yard Bird List: 93 species with us adding an Orange-crowned Warbler that sat just outside our front windows one morning. * Our chipmunks learned this month how to get into both squirrel feeders where they hit a bonanza of sunflower seeds. It's so cute watching them try to out manuever the squirrels. We've also spotted several baby snakes in the yard.
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