by Mindy Lighthipe | May 26, 2023 | Art Destinations, Art Exhibits, Butterfly Art, Conservation, Insect Art
I can’t believe it has been 9 months since I posted a blog post! Wow, how time flies when you are having fun and keeping busy!!! Since the pandemic I have been teaching online via Zoom. In the past year things have opened up and I have wonderful opportunities to...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Aug 26, 2022 | Animal Rescue, Art Books, Art Destinations, Conservation, Costa Rica
Just before the pandemic hit my friend Denise Gillen and I partnered to create a children’s book, Where the Wild Sloths Roam. I have been traveling to Costa Rica for over 30 years and there is a special place in my heart for the wildlife. In 2018 I met Denise at...
by Mindy Lighthipe | May 31, 2022 | Art Destinations, Conservation, Costa Rica, Uncategorized
I can’t tell you all how happy I was to be able to return to Costa Rica for our annual Art & Photography Tour this past February 2022. I was lucky enough in 2020 to go to Costa Rica and lead the tour. I returned in early March just 2 days before the USA shut...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Nov 20, 2021 | Animal Rescue, Bird Art, Colored Pencil, Conservation, Costa Rica, Environmental Concerns, Uncategorized
The Spectacle Owl , Pulsatrix perspicillata is the first owl I ever saw in the wild. I was walking in the rainforest on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica when suddenly I felt as if I was being watched. I looked around and didn’t see anything, until I looked up....
by Mindy Lighthipe | Nov 3, 2021 | Bird Art, Conservation, Field Sketching, Gouache, Native Species, Scientific Illustration
I am fascinated with owls. There is a local Raptor Rehabilitation Center by me in Florida called the Avian Reconditioning Center. They allow people to visit and have educational festivals. One of the really cool things I learned about them is that they are silent when...
by Mindy Lighthipe | Oct 27, 2021 | Bird Art, Colored Pencil, Conservation, Environmental Concerns, Native Species, PanPastels
The Burrowing Owl is native to my home state of Florida. I went to Cape Coral to visit the home of a large colony of Burrowing Owls. The large population is stable because a large housing development site was stopped. It was stopped to protect the home of these...
