Goldeen "Rhondi" Ogawa

@goldeenogawa.com

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Bookwright, cyclist, volcano chimera • goldeenogawa.com/connect/ #art #mtbpics #eveningkitten #SketchOfTheWeek • Hobbies incl. riding in the auto lane and fighting up a weight class.

A bright chattering creek flows past rising fireweed with conifers in the background.
Brush pen illustration of a stump in a forest. A garden gnome sculpted to look like it is sleeping on its front is flanked by two very awake golden-mantled ground squirrels.
A path leads away through a sunny forest.
A beautiful spider with long white legs and a reddish pattern on its abdomen, sitting on a cloth with a bit of notebook and table present.
A small squirrel with a reddish head and black/white/black stripes peeps up over a log.
Brush pen drawings of various birds with different expressions. In purple the captions read: Only 1 braincell but it is a happy one That is AI slop and it's going straight to the garbage NATALIE DON'T Do not quote the old magic to me I was there when it was written. In red: photos by @robcrank68@bsky.social
A small squirrel with black and white stripes and gold forelegs sitting on a burned out stump amid a forest.
A fat ground squirrel with black and white racing stripes and golden forelegs chows down on something in a sparse forest floor.
A hillside covered in silvery lupins (not flowering), anchored by a tree the author guess's is a limber pine. On the mountain behind a few patches of snow remain. Snow Valley, at the top of Ash Creek, west of Carson City, NV.
Looking up Ash Canyon on a sunny summer day. Fringed sage in the foreground and mountains covered in ceanothus and Jeffrey pine.
Looking up into a blue evening sky, three crows flap round the top green branches of a birch tree. Above them is a waxing crescent moon.
A trail winding through a high desert hillside with tall ponderosa pines and blue hills in the distance.
Brush pen drawing of a pelican silhouette, resting amid placid waves. Red text at the top reads: photo by WoMo 6/4/26. Text in brush pen at the bottom says: Elegant pelican shape 6/5/26
A bird, larger than a robin but smaller than a jay, sitting in sunlight on a branch of pine tree. It has a buff body, black wings and tail, and a strong black beak.
A beautiful and fluffy moth sitting in the palm of a human hand. There are some bunch grasses and purple flowers in the background.
A svelte house-purple-cassin's finch perched atop an a-frame sign next to an outdoor swimming pool. A piece of metal bleacher and a lifeguard rescue tube are visible behind it.
View of a swampy lake with pine trees all around and snow capped volcanoes in the distance.
View across an alpine meadow with pine trees as far as the eye can see and some volcanic buttes in the blue distance.
View of distant tree-covered buttes with clouds across the blue sky. Pine trees line the foreground and on the right is a cliff of lichen-covered rock. Deschutes National Forest, OR
A trail leading through some manzanita bushes
Colored pencil illustration of a fluffy orange cat sitting on a windowsill beside a blue drape. A blooming yellow rosebush spreads across the wall, with bees buzzing between the flowers. Through the window beyond is an old brick building with a tower beyond that and a gray cloudy sky. Two aliens in environment suits that look a bit like sea turtles fly lazily by. Text across the bottom reads © goldeenogawa.com • 2022
A bloody deer carcass stands in the middle of a sunny clearing in a thick wood surrounded by flowers and blooming plants. A glowing green canine made of leaves representing the spirit of renewal rises from a mossy bank to lay the specter to rest. Text along the right edge reads: © goldeenogawa.com • 2015
Watercolor illustration depicting a beautiful mossy cottage in an oak forest surrounded by flowers. "Earbrella" is written over it in by letters. In a speech balloon below are the words: "In a clearing in the forest there is a cottage."
Pen drawing of some plants, titled PLANTY FRIENDS (so far) and labeled Penstemon euglaucus/Glaucus penstemon Fragaria virginiana/Wild Strawberry Eriogonum umbellatum/Sulphurflower buckwheat Linium lewisii/Lewis Flax (G) 7[sic]/13/25
Simple pen drawing of two classic mushrooms springing up out of a mossy bank. Along the bottom is scrawled 1/5/24.
Colored pencil illustration of a yellow serpentine dragon with glowing yellow fronds and a beards swooping through a swirling blue backdrop with glowing pink orbs. It could be an ocean. It could be outer space! Text along the bottom reads © goldeenogawa.com • 2012
Mixed media illustration of a horse cantering to the right on its left lead. Its body appears to be made of burnished wood, while its mane and tail are streams and bushes of foliage. It also has leaves for "feathers" around its hooves. The background is a swishy black with a gold frame. LIGNO is written in the upper left. Text along the bottom left reads: personal work © goldeenogawa.com • 2015
View of a setting sun through a sparse ponderosa pine tree.
Graphite pencil illustration of a wild woman in a black dress playing a violin. Behind her, among swooshes of stars and swirls of light, a pale figure rides a huge black horse away into the night sky, accompanied by a feathered serpent and a giant (but friendly!) spider. It makes much more sense after you read the novel in belongs to, Lucena in the House of Madgrin. Which now you really want to do! Text at the bottom reads @ GoldeenOgawa.com • 2020
Oil painting of a reddish wolf looking out over a light green steppe, out of which rises a ridge of black stones in the form of a sleeping dragon. In the lower left is written ~HUANEN and in the lower right is written G Ogawa 2006.
Watercolor painting of a mare (female horse) with a coat and tail like a tiger, galloping down the sky beside a strange dragon with coloration like a peacock. Behind them are swirls of pink-and-purple clouds and in the upper-right is a palace riding on a purple cloud. Text in the bottom-right reads: original work © goldeenogawa.com • 2014
A very curious critter like a an owl crossed with a cat, but no wings, sitting up on their hind legs and holding a giant red valentine heart cutout. Text along the bottom reads: © goldeenogawa.com • 2024
Cartoon of three fruits: a peach, a strawberry, and a banana. The strawberry is saying to the peach: "All right you drupe! My cousin Banana wants to teach you a _lesson_ for insulting the Berry Family!" In brackets at the bottom is says: <Bananas are botantically[sic] berries> The cartoon is dated 8/1/24
Loose cartoon of a figure riding her bike to and fro. Text reads: Tuesday, December 2 2025 • Bend, OR. Yesterday (Monday). Bike thru the cold dark to open Larkspur 4:45a 24° F. Bike home thru cold bright morning to get STUFF for bazaar. 8:15am 28°F. Haul cart to DO for Holiday Bazaar. 9:15a 32°F. 10:30a—profit???—3:30p. Haul cart home thru dim of the afternoon. Bikes rule! 4:45p ~40°F
A brown raptor with a barred tail with white tips perched on a fence.
Screencap from the Wikipedia.org article on the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" aircraft, stating Fuselage panels were manufactured to fit only loosely with the aircraft on the ground. Proper alignment was achieved as the airframe heated up, with thermal expansion of several inches. Because of this, and the lack of a fuel-sealing system that could remain leak-free with the extreme temperature cycles during flight, the aircraft leaked JP-7 fuel on the ground before takeoff, annoying ground crews.
Pen doodles of a cute nuthatch in various nuthatch-y positions. Labeled Nuthatch Shapes from 3/3/26.
Colored pencil illustration of a group of colorful characters running toward the viewer out of a pink, blue, gold and orange background with glowing yellow stars. In the left lower corner is a silhouette of a black cat. Text in the corner reads goldeenogawa.com • 2020
Painting of a smiling orange-and-white fluffy cat. SUNDAY is written in fat yellow letters across the top, while along the bottom is the script: Sunday is warm and lazy, and also full of smiles. You can hear her purring in the mid-morning and afternoon. In the upper-right corner is the text: © goldeenogawa.com • 2014