One turkey I'm thankful for.

Katie Ann Musolff -It Is Right To Give Thanks And Praise, 2025 Watercolor and gouache on Arches cold press paper
Collection of Colin Laska and Nicole Woods

One of my students, Lely, made the trip to Wausau, Wisconsin to see the Birds in Art 50 at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. She shared this beautiful bird with me when she returned. Thank you to artist Katie Musolff. You can see Katie, her bird, and her thank you note to a turkey here,
Of course I dived into Katie’s website…amazing !

Katie Ann Musolff -Be sure to tell me when it’s time to go. 2024-2025

We were working on rendering fur in my class, seeing this painting by Katie took my breath away. Yes, the fur is so lovely, but what I really love is the composition. The freedom.

Katie Ann Musolff -Harvest Season of 2020 - from the River Journal -”These paintings are done in watercolor of my findings in Wisconsin. Everything you see was painted from direct observation,  no photographic references. It's about being outside and witnessing it first hand.”