Meredith Blunt 🇨🇦

@meredithblunt.art

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Artist, community enthusiast, bird obsessed She/Her Based in KW, Ontario www.birdnerd.art

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Watercolour of downy woodpecker
We are, for now, a multigenerational home. Dad’s cardiologist and vascular surgeon want him close by during this recovery. Within couple of days, I suspect between the the forest fire smoke being a bad irritant along the stress and worry she’s been through as well as being asthmatic - my mum came down with pneumonia. We are a home of rest and recovery right now. They are both, for the most part, except when impatience hits them, good patients. I’m glad to be able to be an advocate, an organizer, an anything they need while they get better.
I don’t share a lot of family stories or ‘behind the scenes’. I am going to share this one because I didn’t just *poof* vanish and bugger off after my show at Seven Shores and the whole month in Square Peg representing Bird Friendly Kitchener I’m sharing it because there’s good reason I’m not posting, not drawing, slow to text or email. There’s a good reason my June has not been one of art and gardening
Watercolour and ink drawing of a prairie warbler by me
Watercolour drawing of a cerulean warbler by me
American redstart drawn by me in 2024
Four beers from TWB Brewery in Kitchener ON
Me wearing the limited edition Junco City Tshirt
Portrait of a shaggy golden dog
My ink and watercolour drawing of a greater scaup
Watercolor and ink drawing of a cloud calico cat by me
My drawing of an American woodcock
Watercolour drawing of a Cuban tody by me.
Advertisement for the month long programming my bird friendly Kitchener team and I have coming in May
Joke comic of an opossum pulling a fast one on the Grim Reaper. The Reaper calls the opossum Terry indicating that these shenanigans aren’t a new thing.
Text about the drawing in the third image
Timelapse of me drawing a black capped chickadee on this date in 2023
White text on a black field. A reaction to the press conference held in The White House on Feb 28 2025
Timelapse video of my ink and watercolour drawing of a red bellied woodpecker
Watercolour and ink drawings of chimney swifts
Watercolour and ink drawing of a Robin
Watercolour and ink drawing of a whiskeyjack bird
A little black cat staring me down to get out of bed a feed her.
This is a screen capture of an art thief
A drawing of a house wren on a bird house surrounded by climbing ivy. There is a little fairy peeking out
Graphic for e-petition e-5320 depicting some of the animals harmed by poisons intended for insects and rodents
Timelapse video of my bald eagle drawing from Feb 13 2023
A labradoodle happily bounding out her back door through deep snow
A miniature watercolor drawing of a Eurasian blue tit
A Timelapse video of me starting to draw a house wren to eventually ink and watercolour.
To the music of the NFL, I give you my selection of superb owls
A Timelapse video of my drawing my common freckle from February 5 2023. I used pencil, fineliner, watercolour on a cold pressed watercolour pad
Watercolour and ink drawing of a hissing Canada Goose
Timelapse video is f me drawing my herring gull. Date Jan 31 2023 Materials, cold pressed paper, watercolour and fineliner pens
A herring gull drawn in ink and watercolour by me on January 31 2023 The gull is full of attitude. And chaos.
A small blue warbler, known as a Northern Parula, drawn in watercolour and ink by me. The little bird is in a dynamic pose, its head thrown back and eyes closed in enjoyment of its life
Me, a 40-something white woman in a purple snowsuit and yellow toque hand feeding a red-breasted nuthatch. Setting is a winter forest.
January 26 2023 - Black Capped Chickadee process timelapse
A jauntily perched black-capped chickadee drawn by me, Meredith Blunt! Done in delicate airy watercolour washes and fineliner ink pens. The chickadee is in an action pose perch with her tail feathers up and her head down and looking out to the right. Once again I forgot to sign my work.
Watercolour and ink drawing of an American Crow by me. The crow is directly staring at us with her head tilted. The watercolour is loose and light and the ink work a bit scratchy and hard. Her feet are almost comical I forgot to sign this drawing
A simple ink and watercolour drawing of a female house sparrow. By me, dated January 15 2023. The sparrow is turned to the left and we can see her mottled brown shoulders, back and wing. She looks slightly fluffed up against chilly January air. A bright watchful eye peers out from her striped profile. Pretty touches of pink in her legs and yellow on her lower bill play against her browns and greys
A small North American falcon, known as a merlin is perched on the top of a dead tree and is making a meal of something. We can see its bright yellow legs and dagger sharp beak, as well as one large dark eye. The Merlin is hunched over its catch and looking out. Taken with by me with my iPhone 15 promax
A watercolour and ink drawing by me! 7.5x8 inch on cold-press with Etchr watercolours and micron pens. And American Tree Creeper is a small brown speckled bird with a white belly and thin curved beak. My style of the bird contain the only colour on the page and their environment being represented in simple line work persists. The creeper is a rich brown on its back, dappled with white. Its beak is open a little and we can see one little pink foot with a long back toe gripping the bark beneath it. The little bird gives the feeling of a secret, a special find. That isn’t for everyone to see. The creeper is climbing vertically along a tree trunk. They are such a special bird! With long stiff and pointed tail feathers they use for purchase as they climb and search methodically into the cracks and spaces the woodpeckers and nuthatches have missed along the trunks and branches that harbour the smallest of insects. They spiral in an orderly way up and along to cover the complete surface of a tree. Blending in wonderfully, their whispery little tinkle of a call sometimes the only indication we are in their presence. When the creeper has covered their chosen tree and gleaned all their hard-searched insects, they simple let go and flutter fall like a little brown leaf down to the base conserving the most amount of energy they can. Then they move along to the next tree and begin their spiral cleaning anew.
A pair of ring-necked pheasants by me! 9x12” watercolour and ink. The pheasants are the only colour on the page. The male steps towards us and the female steps towards her mate. Both birds are beautiful in their own right. The male in his rich copper gradient and vibrant green head and the female in her dappled creams and chestnut. The male has his head turn to the right of the page so we can see the white ring of neck feathers from which their English name came from. There is a proud but fearful beauty to these birds
A watercolour and ink drawing by me! A Northern Shrike, striking grey, black and white, perches hunched and sullen on a branch drawn with simple linework. There is an unkempt and wild feeling to the rough edges of its feathers and pokey rictal bristles. It is songbird shape but with a heavy squarish head and thick sharply hooked beak set it apart from its delicate cousins. Watching its world through large shining eyes, the shrike is just before taking flight from its thorny seat. The long thorns seen on the branch hint at the reason shrikes are colloquially known as Butcher Birds.