Spirit Owl is hand-painted on 100 percent pure silk, it is dye set, and hand washed. All silks are painted by Valerie D'anne Kidd at her studio in Boring, Oregon

Who started the persuasion? Who is controlling the persuasion? Only the twilight knows.

Just a photo of the crazy wildlife in the road ditchs of the heartland... won honorable mention at the Prarie Winds Art Gallery Photo show... Printed on Kodak paper...Smaller Images Avaliable by email

Acrylic on canvas. Spirals and fractals have helped to form this piece. I was captivated by the annual migration of the Monarch butterfly, and wanted to capture the beauty and mass of their flight. (SOLD)

Baby blue eggs... I love the colors of nature... I love that blue!! Printed on archival Kodak paper... Other sizes by email...

Another painting inspired by my study of life sciences. I find the mantis to be an extremely bizzar insect and one worthy of visual praise.(SOLD)

Just a photo of the crazy wildlife in the road ditchs of the heartland... Printed on Archival Kodak paper...Smaller Images Avaliable by email

i caught this one just as he started to fly away...i know the butterfly is blurry but i like it like this and i hope that you do too...

Just a photo of the crazy wildlife in the road ditchs of the heartland... Printed on Kodak archival paper...Smaller Images Avaliable by email

The creatures of the deep, with their bio-luminious skin and intelligence yet to be discovered, have intrigued me as well. Here I wanted the painting to have a glow to it.