Rick Lieder
Paintings | Photographs
Fine art | Illustration
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- A Great White Egret soars into the sun. #flight #bird #birds #birdart #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #puremichigan #flyday #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #birdphotography #egret #heron #greategret
- Tufted Titmouse at sunset #flight #bird #birds #birdart #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #puremichigan #flyday #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #sunset #birdphotography #titmouse
- Another nuthatch in flight, stealing a seed, maybe to hide it in our Honey locust tree. #flight #bird #birds #birdart #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #puremichigan #flyday #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #spring #summer #birdphotography #nuthatch
- Nice to see THE MIGHTY POLLINATORS is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! #kidlit #childrensbookart #childrensbookillustration #childrensbooks #picturebook #tellmeastory #storytime #librarylife #picturebookart #pollination #library #books #booksky #Candlewick
- Catch the Sun A nuthatch catches the last sunlight of the day #flight #bird #birds #birdart #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #puremichigan #flyday #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #spring #summer #birdphotography #nuthatch
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- Canon 5dm4 — Canon 70-200 f4
- Horse sketches for a Kentucky Derby party. Don’t really care about the Derby, just the horses. #portrait #blueskyart #blueskyartist #penandink #painting #illustration #commission #traditionalart #horse #horses #equine #drawing #watercolor #KentuckyDerby
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- Thanks so much, Kelly!
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- Thanks Rachel!
- John Coltrane for International Jazz Day • Pen & ink #thejazzworld #jazzsky #Musicsky #jazz #InternationalJazzDay #JohnColtrane #portrait #blueskyart #blueskyartist #penandink #portraitpainting #illustration #commission #TraditionalPainting #painting #artwork #traditionalart #artcommunity #painters
- The Walk to Paradise Garden 2 Sandhill Crane colts, almost a month old, explore a new world. #flight #bird #birds #birdart #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #puremichigan #flyday #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #spring #summer #birdphotography #sandhillcrane #crane
- A Golden-eyed Lacewing catches the day's last sunbeams. Wings weave shards of light. #flight #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #puremichigan #flyday #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #spring #summer #wings #invertefest #macrophotography #insectphotography #wings #macro #natureart
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- Thanks Peter!
- A mating call heard in the secret compartment between flashes, trembling wings whisper the day's end. #flight #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #puremichigan #flyday #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #spring #summer #firefly #lightningbugs #fireflies #invertefest #macrophotography
- Thanks!
- Exit: Blackbird Seeing several Red-Winged Blackbirds in the morning. #bird #birds #birdsofbluesky #flight #birdwatching #birding #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #birdphotography #puremichigan #birdsinflight #wildlifeart #naturelovers #spring #RedWingedBlackbird #Blackbird #ornithology
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- Thanks Cy!
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- Chickadees, first to feed, skittish & fierce. What concentration! Who sees them? #bird #birds #birdart #birdsofbluesky #chickadee #flight #birdwatching #birding #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #birdphotography #puremichigan #birdsinflight #flyday #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature
- Crescents #bird #birds #birdart #birdsofbluesky #TuftedTitmouse #Titmouse #flight #birdwatching #birding #naturephotography #birdphotography #puremichigan #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #sunsetphotography
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- Thanks Cy!
- A cold spring so far, but a brilliant BlueJay brightens everything. What birds are you seeing? #bird #birds #birdart #birdsofbluesky #bluejay #flight #birdwatching #birding #naturephotography #birdphotography #puremichigan #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #spring #blue
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- Nice! No magpies here yet.
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- Thanks Cy!
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- Thanks Birgit!
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- Nice! No peacocks here yet.
- Samuel Beckett • Born 13 April 1906 • Irish playwright, novelist, and poet • 20th century literary legend #portrait #blueskyart #blueskyartist #penandink #portraitpainting #illustration #commission #SamuelBeckett #ireland #poet #literature #BookSky #theatre
- Sunset roll #bird #birds #birdart #birdsofbluesky #Chickadee #flight #birdwatching #birding #naturephotography #birdphotography #puremichigan #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #sunsetphotography #spring
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- Thanks Manon!
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- Thanks Frank!
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- Thanks David!
- Sun catcher #bird #birds #birdart #birdsofbluesky #TuftedTitmouse #Titmouse #flight #birdwatching #birding #naturephotography #birdphotography #puremichigan #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #sunsetphotography
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- Thanks Karina!
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- Thanks Elizabeth!
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- Grackle versus Red-winged Blackbird #bird #birds #birdart #birdsofbluesky #Grackle #blackbird #flight #wings #birdwatching #birding #naturephotography #birdphotography #puremichigan #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #spring
- Night flyer #bird #birds #birdart #birdsofbluesky #Chickadee #flight #birdwatching #birding #naturephotography #birdphotography #puremichigan #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #spring #sunsetphotography #night #noiretblanc #blackandwhite
- Max Ernst • Born April 2 1891 • I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen #portrait #blueskyart #blueskyartist #penandink #portraitpainting #illustration #commission #MaxErnst #surrealism #arthistory
- Queen of deep space #naturephotography #puremichigan #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #space #macrophotography #macro #Spiders #Arachnids #Invertebrates
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- Signal to noise • Difficult conditions, lots of flare. But those prismatic wings… #bird #birds #birdart #birdsofbluesky #Chickadee #flight #birdwatching #birding #naturephotography #birdphotography #puremichigan #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #spring #sunsetphotography #skies
- Cloaked #bird #birds #birdart #birdsofbluesky #BlueJay #flight #birdwatching #birding #naturephotography #birdphotography #puremichigan #wildlifeart #naturelovers #urbannature #spring #Blue
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- Thanks Mark!
