Wes & Rachelle Siegrist

"Tiny Treasures of the Natural World"

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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	The 2007 Awards Brunch for the 32nd International Miniature Art Show in Tarpon Springs, FL.	Wes shares some thoughts on miniature painting with fellow artists and guests at a after-show party. The uncertain future of miniature art weighs heavy on all our minds. The meeting was fun and productive but it could end no other way being a room full of such wonderful people!
	News Highlights: * New miniature shows have been added into our exhibit schedule. We're currently awaiting word from a couple other show juries about accepted paintings and we'll add them into our schedule soon. * Rachelle has been invited to participate in the 20th Annual Western Visions Miniatures and More Show and Sale at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, WY. We're currently planning to attend the show and spend some time in Yellowstone again.
	Wes takes one more photo at the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs, FL. We typically return from most trips with several hundred reference photos we hope to soon paint. Deciding on the best image is a tough process.	Knowing we already have more than enough pelican photos doesn't stop Wes from taking one more.
	Interesting Updates: * On the easels: Rachelle is currently working on some one square inch paintings for our shows in Charleston, SC and Tulsa, OK. Wes will be spending most of this week finishing our snail mail newsletter and framing all the new paintings for our shows. * Please note that the NatureWorks show in Tulsa, OK will be at a new venue this year. The Marriott Renaisance Tulsa Hotel & Convention Center. The entire show will now be in one room.
	Wes, our dear friend Barb Weiser, and fellow wildlife and miniature artist Ernest C. Simmons pose during the Awards Brunch. We won't mention any names but one of us is short!	Rachelle finds inspiration with a Snowy Egret that was leading charter tours at the Tarpon Springs sponge docks.
	Our Recent Memory Makers: •Our trip down to Florida to participate in the MASF International Miniature Show, gather reference and visit with family. •Painting...and more painting. So many new opportunities and deadlines have found us inside the studio at our easels almost every day this past month. We've managed to get out for daily walks and some dinner parties with friends but most of the time we've been painting. All of the new paintings will be posted online as quickly as we can with the exception of our surprise paintings for the two upcoming "in person" shows.
	Rachelle and her family pick some tomatoes from the tomato field in Florida.	Wes shares his skills at caricatures and cartooning with a group of high school students.
	Critter Encounters: * Yard Bird List: 93. * The much colder weather has brought in a greater number of birds but we both agree that it's the smallest number since we've lived here in TN (this is our 5th winter). We're hoping that the unusually warm weather in the north most of the winter is to blame. This is the first winter season with no Pine Siskins and normally we have daily flocks of 50+ birds at the feeders.
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