<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080019157704912518</id><updated>2012-02-16T02:53:32.066-08:00</updated><category term='landscape'/><category term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Black Art</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>crocoite</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13085042174191275031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://www.crocoite.com/blogspot/me.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080019157704912518.post-1862257600717166708</id><published>2011-12-17T22:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-17T22:00:36.368-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Season's Greetings!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eTgP1Az06D0/Tu2AzqfIl6I/AAAAAAAABjE/-IXp9RVd_wQ/s1600/sno-jo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eTgP1Az06D0/Tu2AzqfIl6I/AAAAAAAABjE/-IXp9RVd_wQ/s400/sno-jo.jpg" width="248" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Season's Greetings to all my friends around the world...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I painted this on a postcard today to give to a friend, and I have to tell you that the subject is NOT representative of the weather here. We have had a top temperature of 26 degrees Centigrade. Lovely!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8080019157704912518-1862257600717166708?l=ssbirdart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/feeds/1862257600717166708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/12/seasons-greetings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/1862257600717166708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/1862257600717166708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/12/seasons-greetings.html' title='Season&apos;s Greetings!'/><author><name>crocoite</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13085042174191275031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://www.crocoite.com/blogspot/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eTgP1Az06D0/Tu2AzqfIl6I/AAAAAAAABjE/-IXp9RVd_wQ/s72-c/sno-jo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080019157704912518.post-6529429505755493100</id><published>2011-07-02T05:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-02T05:43:35.125-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>White Wolf, Full Moon...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_xiFvp2_zXQ/Tg8SKXOersI/AAAAAAAABQY/3FeD7fXk5IU/s1600/wolf-moon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_xiFvp2_zXQ/Tg8SKXOersI/AAAAAAAABQY/3FeD7fXk5IU/s320/wolf-moon.jpg" width="223" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;White wolf and full moon. Watercolour on dark paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The original painting has already found a new home.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8080019157704912518-6529429505755493100?l=ssbirdart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/feeds/6529429505755493100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/07/white-wolf-full-moon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/6529429505755493100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/6529429505755493100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/07/white-wolf-full-moon.html' title='White Wolf, Full Moon...'/><author><name>crocoite</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13085042174191275031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://www.crocoite.com/blogspot/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_xiFvp2_zXQ/Tg8SKXOersI/AAAAAAAABQY/3FeD7fXk5IU/s72-c/wolf-moon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080019157704912518.post-4900943770186871910</id><published>2011-06-24T05:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-24T05:08:55.149-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Cormorant Study...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZiqFmjSoHdg/TgR-HtfxYyI/AAAAAAAABP8/0kpEJnDanf4/s1600/cormorant-brownsriver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="230" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZiqFmjSoHdg/TgR-HtfxYyI/AAAAAAAABP8/0kpEJnDanf4/s320/cormorant-brownsriver.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Black Faced Cormorant, Browns River, Kingston Beach, Tasmania. Watercolour.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8080019157704912518-4900943770186871910?l=ssbirdart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/feeds/4900943770186871910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/06/cormorant-study.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/4900943770186871910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/4900943770186871910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/06/cormorant-study.html' title='Cormorant Study...'/><author><name>crocoite</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13085042174191275031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://www.crocoite.com/blogspot/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZiqFmjSoHdg/TgR-HtfxYyI/AAAAAAAABP8/0kpEJnDanf4/s72-c/cormorant-brownsriver.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080019157704912518.post-3075511310051939996</id><published>2011-06-18T06:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-18T06:25:54.260-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Blue Wren Study...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ws6ntL5Bpl8/TfymqxO11gI/AAAAAAAABPo/t4VLzQx1GU4/s1600/blue+wren.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="237" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ws6ntL5Bpl8/TfymqxO11gI/AAAAAAAABPo/t4VLzQx1GU4/s320/blue+wren.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="fbPhotoCaptionText"&gt;Superb Blue Wren, or also known as a Superb Fairywren watercolour. This is a male in breeding plumage even though it's winter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8080019157704912518-3075511310051939996?l=ssbirdart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/feeds/3075511310051939996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/06/blue-wren-study.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/3075511310051939996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/3075511310051939996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/06/blue-wren-study.html' title='Blue Wren Study...'/><author><name>crocoite</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13085042174191275031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://www.crocoite.com/blogspot/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ws6ntL5Bpl8/TfymqxO11gI/AAAAAAAABPo/t4VLzQx1GU4/s72-c/blue+wren.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080019157704912518.post-4808812114276138631</id><published>2011-06-17T16:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-14T05:07:15.772-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Near Arrow Junction, New Zealand...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jH8M5JVJgOg/Tfvf4nZXF3I/AAAAAAAABPk/fg4mFCaBJ0I/s1600/watercolour+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="248" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jH8M5JVJgOg/Tfvf4nZXF3I/AAAAAAAABPk/fg4mFCaBJ0I/s320/watercolour+001.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Original watercolour painting SOLD by auction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;All proceeds to go to the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;The painting is of a scene near Arrow Junction, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. The size of the painted area is 22x17cm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/cch-eq-ap-art"&gt;Link to the auction&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8080019157704912518-4808812114276138631?l=ssbirdart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/feeds/4808812114276138631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/06/near-arrow-junction-new-zealand.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/4808812114276138631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/4808812114276138631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/06/near-arrow-junction-new-zealand.html' title='Near Arrow Junction, New Zealand...'/><author><name>crocoite</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13085042174191275031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://www.crocoite.com/blogspot/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jH8M5JVJgOg/Tfvf4nZXF3I/AAAAAAAABPk/fg4mFCaBJ0I/s72-c/watercolour+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080019157704912518.post-8553850770816764785</id><published>2011-06-16T22:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-16T22:08:30.773-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Bottlenose Dolphin...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KN7ZWRy1NSs/TfrgqcToeNI/AAAAAAAABPg/OXOUTDc4pwk/s1600/dolphin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="204" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KN7ZWRy1NSs/TfrgqcToeNI/AAAAAAAABPg/OXOUTDc4pwk/s320/dolphin.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This one on a white background - a bottlenose dolphin, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8080019157704912518-8553850770816764785?l=ssbirdart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/feeds/8553850770816764785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/06/bottlenose-dolphin.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/8553850770816764785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/8553850770816764785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/06/bottlenose-dolphin.html' title='Bottlenose Dolphin...'/><author><name>crocoite</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13085042174191275031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://www.crocoite.com/blogspot/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KN7ZWRy1NSs/TfrgqcToeNI/AAAAAAAABPg/OXOUTDc4pwk/s72-c/dolphin.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080019157704912518.post-569108305603694319</id><published>2011-06-16T21:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-16T21:56:58.945-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Silver Gull Study...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NifTEUUHcwA/TfreVlRH5RI/AAAAAAAABPc/h3daLUM_Ngc/s1600/silver-gull-mod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="235" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NifTEUUHcwA/TfreVlRH5RI/AAAAAAAABPc/h3daLUM_Ngc/s320/silver-gull-mod.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Watercolour on dark paper. Silver Gull, Kingston, Tasmania&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8080019157704912518-569108305603694319?l=ssbirdart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/feeds/569108305603694319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/06/silver-gull-study.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/569108305603694319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/569108305603694319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/06/silver-gull-study.html' title='Silver Gull Study...'/><author><name>crocoite</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13085042174191275031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://www.crocoite.com/blogspot/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NifTEUUHcwA/TfreVlRH5RI/AAAAAAAABPc/h3daLUM_Ngc/s72-c/silver-gull-mod.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080019157704912518.post-5723409658423416344</id><published>2011-06-16T21:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-29T02:07:28.469-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Crow Study...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lSzPfCLM9rI/Tfrd-AG6G_I/AAAAAAAABPY/bH4EPklvixE/s1600/crow+study.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="232" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lSzPfCLM9rI/Tfrd-AG6G_I/AAAAAAAABPY/bH4EPklvixE/s320/crow+study.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Watercolour on dark paper...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The original painting has already found a new home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm glad it arrived safely Rhonda...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8080019157704912518-5723409658423416344?l=ssbirdart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/feeds/5723409658423416344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/06/crow-study.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/5723409658423416344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8080019157704912518/posts/default/5723409658423416344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ssbirdart.blogspot.com/2011/06/crow-study.html' title='Crow Study...'/><author><name>crocoite</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13085042174191275031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://www.crocoite.com/blogspot/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lSzPfCLM9rI/Tfrd-AG6G_I/AAAAAAAABPY/bH4EPklvixE/s72-c/crow+study.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
