http://www.naturalhistoryarts.com/content-exploration daily 1.0 2025-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1699981337446-JFC7CZL46RDLNSGZGGC4/lakeexperimentagain+med.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - Come Out Conjuring Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2022, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Watercolor & white pencil on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1699981016551-IMHI29F0EYO3BEJY3MJ8/lakeexperiment+aug+2021+med.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - Maybe It's a Blessing Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2022, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Watercolor & white pencil on paper, ” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1699981337446-JFC7CZL46RDLNSGZGGC4/lakeexperimentagain+med.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - Come Out Conjuring Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2022, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Watercolor & white pencil on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1699981226337-4657AV1LDKEFBRVF6TV6/lakeexperimentwhich+med.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - [TBD] Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2022, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Watercolor & white pencil on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1699981520109-F090CEXAKQLAA22AK2BF/IMG_5558+copy+med.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - [TBD] Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2022, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Watercolor on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1699981422636-OAE2057TJ0VU19XQJYS2/IMG_5410+copy+med.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - [TBD] Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2022, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Watercolor & white pencil on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1710013797651-2WKIXHEZGH6HYR4D3TQV/image-asset.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - Sanctum Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2023, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite on paper, 48 x 156” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1699981880059-KSQACNDUQRU6IG3L46PR/Eminence+w+chair+for+scale+sm.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - Eminence Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2020, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite on paper, 48 x 156” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1710013866552-JIV15UVWKQGCJG3YV1BC/image-asset.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - Sibyl Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2024, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite on paper, 84 x 48” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1558537159111-7BEWFPZPR7K6MXQPEAQ5/homing+device+2+copy+sm.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - Homing Device #2 Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2019, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite on paper, 30 x 44” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1699981698555-PUB37EML32KFS69K4BL4/image-asset.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - Eminence Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2020, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite on paper, 48 x 156” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1623608780348-2EHIMU8DSMIVS789BVQM/image-asset.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - I Dissent #1 Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2020, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite on paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1519940434730-4YOKQ85GSOEGRKU2UDEC/Advice+from+Enchanted+Forest+Four+sm.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - Advice From the Enchanted Forest, Part Four Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2018, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite on paper 22 x 23" Private collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1477772708831-UXRX19E7SR0OFS0F8HV0/Gifts+%231+sm.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - Gifts #1 Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2016, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite & watercolor on vintage ledger paper, 13 x 15" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1436822017043-J2E8RSXTX9UIT3WOSBLQ/Osprey+Eggs+with+Erased+List+big.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - Osprey Eggs with Erased List Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2014, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite on vintage ledger paper, 11 x 9" Ledger Paper Series I enjoy working with found papers, including these pages from an accounting ledger that was serious business to someone in the 1970’s. But how much does such a thing really matter within the larger context of our world? Does it retain meaning once the company and people who worked there are gone? Humans invest great importance in documents, yet they often have little regard for our irreplaceable natural world and feel free to scatter it with detritus and to destroy it in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. In this series of drawings, I’ve juxtaposed often-unobserved creatures and natural objects with used ledger pages and text transcribed from found grocery lists. These outdated documents form marks to which we are immediately drawn, and which offer enigmatic text and unsolvable puzzles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1558537077236-QYH9KL3S83IHRCE0JV0W/this+is+where+she+left+me+copy+sm.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - This Is Where She Left Me Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2019, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite on paper, 22 x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1463240741005-67CYF0IPRLLT40EKXIHK/Early+Indications+of+a+Conspiracy+1+sm.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - Early Indications of a Conspiracy, Part One Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2016, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Charcoal & pastel on paper, 40 x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1463240827620-AJHILUDZSLSTY2395V2Y/Early+Indications+of+a+Conspiracy+2+sm.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - Early Indications of a Conspiracy, Part Two Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2016 all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Charcoal & pastel on paper, 40 x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1463241005655-7XC5J8M4G7HB479VSS66/Early+Indications+of+a+Conspiracy+3+sm.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - Early Indications of a Conspiracy, Part Three Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2016, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Charcoal & pastel on paper, 40 x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1477773198729-2EEW41P2NOWTZBHCPC7S/Conundrum+%231+sm.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - Conundrum #1 Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2016, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite on paper, 19.5 x 27" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1492439299911-4RQPUKQ27JWDSL0VJL1R/Disguised+sm.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - Disguised Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2017, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite on vellum, 9.5 x 9.5" Protection Series Keeping oneself safe from harm is critical to all living beings. Plants and animals have all sorts of amazing adaptations for self-protection, from poisonous venoms to dramatic coloration that wards off predators. As endlessly creative human beings, we often go beyond what’s necessary (nuclear bombs) or craft odd, illusory forms of protection such as tinfoil hats, masks, blindfolds, conjuring and magical thinking. We use these tools to create a sense of safety, to find a way out of a tight space, or to frighten off someone else who might pose a threat. Where and how do we feel safe, and is that safety real or imagined? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1492439401686-HEY0DPNSXVCTBS6O56AR/Conundrum+Number+2+sm.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - Conundrum #2 Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2017, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite on paper, 22 x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1540922078790-1XT673598ABBTF0RNFS2/Take+That+Back+Outside+sm.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - Take That Back Outside Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2018, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite & aluminum leaf on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1492439119549-FGECI5L64ZNLBLSLIUSN/Advice+From+Enchanted+Forest+Part+Two+sm.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - Advice From the Enchanted Forest, Part Two Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2017, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite on paper, 11.5 x 8.5" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1540924894203-AZSYOQ2DOOE76AWV1BIP/She+Wont+Stay+Gone+scan+sm.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - She Won't Stay Gone Copyright Terri Myers Wentzka 2018, all rights reserved. Graphite & ink on paper, 6 x 8" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1540927827788-PUSAGM71U5ZOIZXOTXF8/lakefromwindowscan+sm.jpeg Drawings & Watercolors - Stratagem #1 Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2018, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Oil graphite & white pencil on brown paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1540923829633-F1XTHA3F90A2BP6OKDVR/Sentinel+1+snap+sm.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - Sentinel #1 Copyright Beatrix Raven Wentzka 2018, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Graphite on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1492441277334-I41TBL54FO7TP45IJXKK/Courageous+sm.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - Courageous Copyright Terri Myers Wentzka 2017, all rights reserved. Colored pencil on Mylar, 10 x 7.5" Protection Series Keeping oneself safe from harm is critical to all living beings. Plants and animals have all sorts of amazing adaptations for self-protection, from poisonous venoms to dramatic coloration that wards off predators. As endlessly creative human beings, we often go beyond what’s necessary (nuclear bombs) or craft odd, illusory forms of protection such as tinfoil hats, masks, blindfolds, conjuring and magical thinking. We use these tools to create a sense of safety, to find a way out of a tight space, or to frighten off someone else who might pose a threat. Where and how do we feel safe, and is that safety real or imagined? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1492439504179-J3BOWUT3K7X1FIVZ9E9I/Preserved+sm.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - Preserved Copyright Terri Myers Wentzka 2017, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. Colored pencil on vellum, 11.5 x 8" SOLD Limited edition prints available, $125 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e7e01ae4b086bf4969c803/1492438894858-JXAKS6I04U1BIWK6950W/Advice+From+Enchanted+Forest+Part+One+sm.jpg Drawings & Watercolors - Advice From the Enchanted Forest, Part One Copyright Terri Myers Wentzka 2017, all rights reserved. Photo by Jerry Mathiason. 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