Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Rachael Koppendrayer Minnesota Colored Pencil Art ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/blog/) - [Up with the Chickens Drawing Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2026/07/30/up-with-the-chickens-drawing-progression/) - Growing up, my little brother had a pet chicken named Cookies and Cream. This picture was more or less in honor of Cookies, even if she didn't get the place of honor in Michael's lap - [Commission: Dessi and Kids Portrait](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2026/04/30/commission-dessi-and-kids-portrait/) - A commission of Dessi and the kids. It's always encouraging when my husband peeks at the drawing before it's done and says, "Hey, I know those people!" - [Looking back at 2025](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2026/01/01/looking-back-at-2025/) - It's hard to believe 2025 is over and 2026 is beginning! New Art Looking back at 2025, I didn't draw nearly the number of pictures as in 2024, but I'm happy with the ones I did! It was primarily a Scandinavian year, which makes sense given the number of Scandinavian festivals I attended (and often - [Dala Horse Serenade Drawing Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2025/10/30/dala-horse-serenade-drawing-progression/) - Dala horses have a very traditional style as a rule, but that's not to say painters of Dala horses don't have fun trying new things now and then. There are some beautiful Dala horses painted in only shades of black, white, and gray, with elegant kurbits (rosemaling) designs on the body. So with a more - [New cards are in!](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2025/10/02/new-cards-are-in/) - New cards have arrived! I'm updating card packs of MN Wildflowers Collection 1 and Dala Animals Collection 2, as well as introducing Little Critters! - [Bear Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2026/01/29/bear-progression/) - Isn't it disappointing how some of the cuddliest-looking critters are the least safe to come anywhere near? Not that bear cubs are the danger, of course--just Mama Bear. My brother and his family had the good luck to be traveling in Ontario and encounter bear cubs playing in the ditch, so they snapped a bunch - [Badger Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2025/07/31/badger-progression/) - Badgers are so cute. Also terrifying in their adult form. They are closely related to wolverines, after all! One summer I was biking along the Wobegon Trail just east of Sauk Centre, where a tall, grassy bank rises up to some fields, and something about the bank had changed. I couldn't put my finger on - [Children's Book Illustration: Part 4, Edits and Color Roughs](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/10/17/childrens-book-illustration-part-4-edits-and-color-roughs/) - To continue the process of my experiences in illustrating Isaac's Ice Cream Tree (for the other posts on the process, see links at the end of this post): Roughly a week after sending in the initial sketches for each page, I received feedback from both the author and publisher on changes they would like to - [Children's Book Illustration: Part 5, the Final Artwork](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/11/21/childrens-book-illustration-part-5-the-final-artwork/) - The continuation of the process of my experiences in illustrating Isaac's Ice Cream Tree (for the other posts on the process, see links at the end of this post): July 1st: The initial sketches for each page were done. The colors had been chosen and approved. Time now, finally, to start the ultimate illustrations. In - [Children's Book Illustration: Part 2, the Initial Contact](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/06/20/childrens-book-illustration-part-2-the-initial-contact/) - Sometimes we do things without the expectation of anything coming of it; for me, submitting myself as an illustrator was one of them. And even when we feel called, as I did in applying to be an illustrator, the result of that calling doesn't necessarily manifest in the way we expect. But in this case, - [Deer Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2025/05/29/deer-progression/) - There's just something precious about newborn fawns. They'll stay so still you could step on them if you're not paying attention to where you're walking, but it doesn't take long before they are up and running! - [Looking back at 2024](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2024/12/26/looking-back-at-2024/) - I thought it would be fun to compile all my art doings for 2024 in one place. It certainly was busy, at least in terms of new drawings! - [Mug sale!](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2024/12/02/mug-sale/) - I'm selling out my mugs, so through Dec 7, mugs are $12.60 (aka 30% off) on my website! When they are gone, I will not be getting any more! - [Get Your Goat Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2025/01/30/get-your-goat-progression/) - The impressive thing with this piece is that I did it in two days at a Scandinavian Festival, while simultaneously selling art and chatting with festival-goers. - [Banty with Dala chicks](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/07/01/banty-with-dala-chicks/) - Feathers require a lot of details. This was my first attempt at drawing poultry, and I impressed myself by the hen. Texture is a good part of what makes a drawing realistic, and I like to think I nailed her feathers. Then I learned how difficult chicks are to draw--how do you create fuzz? They - [Dala Horse and the Gray Mare](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/06/04/dala-horse-and-the-gray-mare/) - Between projects in my college art classes, drawing pictures for ladies in my prayer group, and using color pencils just for fun, I acquired a fair amount of experience fairly quickly when it came to drawing wildflowers. You can mess up a flower petal and it can still look realistically like the flower you're trying - [Dala Pig - the red Duroc](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/04/24/dala-pig-the-red-duroc/) - This was my first foray into drawing animals--an intimidating prospect, when I preferred to draw less animate subjects. I have never particularly cared for pigs save as a source of food, but I have to admit, I was incredibly pleased with how this turned out. It has certainly improved my attitude regarding the animals. After - [Dala Pig: Blue Hampshire](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/07/02/dala-pig-blue-hampshire/) - Hampshires are one of the most recognizable breeds of pigs with their blue-black bodies split by the Oreo cookie filling band of white around their front shoulders and legs. As much as I don't care for the physical reality of pigs, they are fun to draw (probably because one can clean them up a bit - [Bay Appaloosa with Red Dala Foal](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/08/01/bay-appaloosa-with-red-dala-foal/) - I can often tell who is Swedish or grew up around Swedes versus who hasn't--they either know right away that this is a Dala horse (or a Swedish horse), or they comment that it's like a carousel horse. Which, I suppose, it kind of is--there are some superficial similarities, especially in my drawings, but they - [Dala Goat: Oberhasli](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/09/01/dala-goat-oberhasli/) - On occasion I get requests for drawings, and the Dala Goat was the first I honored. Of course, no one specified which breed of goat to draw, so I picked one that I thought was cute--the Oberhasli, a Swiss-American dairy breed. Though goats do have a place in Swedish art, usually they are formed of - [Dala Rooster: Blue Andalusian](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/04/20/dala-rooster-blue-andalusian/) - This was my first official Dala rooster, where I colored the adult bird in the Swedish style rather than just the offspring. It was a fun change, since the adult is so much larger and easier to add detail to than a little chick, not to mention the texture of the feathers is very different - [Gallery Showing in Madison MN](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2022/11/08/gallery-showing-in-madison-mn/) - For the whole month of November, as part of the NorseFest celebration. my Scandinavian art is occupying the Madison Arts Council Gallery in Madison, MN. - [Scandinavian Festival](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2019/09/18/scandinavian-fest/) - If you're going to be in the Duluth area on Saturday, September 21, stop in at the Proctor Community Center for the Scandinavian Festival! Food, shopping, and entertainment, as well as beautiful works of Scandinavian art--rosemaling, wood carving, hardanger, and more. Naturally, there will be lesfe and krumkaka and other Scandinavian delights to sample. Last - [Dala Gotland Sheep, or: a study in persistence](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2019/10/09/dala-gotland-sheep-or-a-study-in-persistence/) - Sometimes an idea pans out beautifully from the moment pencil hits paper--and sometimes, even knowing exactly what one wants--it doesn't. A dala sheep had been on my list of potential projects for ages (or nearly three years, at any rate). But it's non-traditional; horses, pigs, and roosters are the three dala animals a person generally - [Completion of a Trio](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2019/12/14/completion-of-a-trio/) - In 2014 I created my first reflection drawing (and apparently failed to learn how difficult it is to mirror anything). The horse is one of my best-selling pieces, and a favorite, with a strawberry roan appaloosa on top, and a red dala horse in its reflection. Then in 2017 I decided to do a rooster - [Dala Rooster Wake-Up Call Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2023/08/31/dala-rooster-wake-up-call-progression/) - Once I found out about some special Swedish chicken breeds, of course I had to do some more dala rooster drawings. The Svarthöna are all black, inside and out. - [Norwegian Fjord Reflection Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2023/11/30/norwegian-fjord-reflection-progression/) - More Norwegian Fjord horses! I've been really enjoying drawing these small draft horses, and here you can see the drawing progression as I went. - [Following the Leader Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2024/02/29/following-the-leader-progression/) - Behold, the drawing progression of my second picture with a human (in conjunction with dala animals, that is). I enjoy incorporating the traditional clothing. - [Pet Portrait: Dala Cats](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2024/01/11/pet-portrait-dala-cats/) - I generally stick to the more traditional animals for dala animal reflections, but that's not to say I can't be persuaded into a different direction--like cats. - [Sledding Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2024/10/31/sledding-progression/) - I've done several dala horse drawings with little girls, so it was time to do the boys. Obviously they would be inclined toward innocent fun (aka mischief). - [Monarch Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2023/06/29/monarch-progression/) - In my MN State Symbols series, I've been revisiting earlier subjects. The excuse is to have an all-new set of cards, but really it's because I just like them. - [New Series: Little Critters](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2024/07/01/new-series-little-critters/) - Badger, Bear, Bobcat, Coyote, Deer, Fox, Raccoon, Skunk, Squirrel . . . oh, all the adorable little animals. - [Scandinavian Festivals, here I come!](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2024/09/17/scandinavian-festivals-here-i-come/) - It's Scandimonium time! I have two Scandinavian festivals back-to-back: the Twin Ports Festival in Proctor, MN Sep 21, and Høstfest in Minot, ND, Sep 25-28. - [Morel Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2024/08/29/morel-progression/) - Morels: the most coveted mushroom of Minnesota. And possibly North America, but I have no statistics to prove it (not that I have for Minnesota, either). - [Pink & White Lady's Slipper Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2024/05/30/pink-white-ladys-slipper-progression/) - I enjoy looking back and seeing the changes as more and more color is added, even in a smaller, simple drawing, like the Pink & White Lady's Slipper. - [Isaac and Izzy's Magical Maples progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2023/10/24/isaac-and-izzys-magical-maples-progression/) - I can't believe it's been two years already since Isaac & Izzy's Magical Maples was published! Here's a peek at the making of the final page. - [Wildflower Gardening: Lady's Slipper Seedlings](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2023/05/09/wildflower-gardening-ladys-slipper-seedlings/) - It's possible you may have noticed I have a thing for lady's slippers, based on the sheer number of drawings. Now I'm trying my hand at gardening with them. - [Painted Lady Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2023/03/30/painted-lady-progression/) - It's always fun seeing how a drawing progresses, growing from a sketch into something life-like. Here's my Painted Lady Butterfly on New England Asters. - [Small White Moccasin Flower Progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2022/12/29/small-white-moccasin-flower-progression/) - It's fun seeing how a drawing progresses, growing from a sketch into something life-like. This slide show shows the progression of Small White Moccasin Flower. - [Lady Slipper Bouquet](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2020/01/29/lady-slipper-bouquet/) - Before Christmas I had the pleasure of meeting an admirer of my work, who especially appreciated my lady slipper drawings. At his request, I commenced not just a single lady slipper (as had been my practice), but a giant bouquet of all the species in Minnesota: Showy (Cypripedium reginae), Pink/Stemless (C. acaule), Large Yellow (C. - [Pet Portrait: Ace the Black Lab](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2022/05/26/pet-portrait-ace-the-black-lab/) - Who could resist those puppy dog eyes? In December I was commissioned to do a pet portrait of Ace, the black lab puppy, as a Christmas gift. - [Showy Moccasin Flower progression](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2022/08/18/showy-moccasin-flower-progression/) - Having drawn many a farm animal with the fanciful designs of Swedish Dala horses, I recently thought to do similar with lady's slippers—aka moccasin flowers. - [Pet Portrait : Sophie](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2022/06/30/pet-portrait-sophie/) - Here's another recent commission of a pet portrait. Many thanks to Grace for sending me the photo of Sophie with her portrait! - [Monarch Butterfly on Black-Eyed Susan](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/09/11/monarch-butterfly-on-black-eyed-susan/) - Monarch Butterfly on Black-Eyed Susans 2017 One cannot draw a series of butterflies without doing the most famous of all--the Monarch. The butterflies feed on a wide variety of flowering plants, and I have long loved the simple yet beautiful Black-Eyed Susans. It's amazing how drawing something--as opposed to photographing it--can really teach one about - [Sphinx Moth](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/01/12/sphinx-moth/) - Moths tend to be pretty drab and boring compared to their relations, the more brightly-colored butterflies. However, there are a number of moths just as spectacular as a butterfly. Though the colors of the sphinx moth are typically not as stunning, they capture attention a different way. They look like hummingbirds with their wings beating - [Tiger Swallowtail on Orange Hawkweed](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/03/26/tiger-swallowtail-on-orange-hawkweed/) - Tiger Swallowtails can be found most of the way across the country, and though I see them along the Lake Wobegon Bike Trail, never have I seen them so big as in Colorado while on vacation. When one got trapped in the screened-in porch, I was amazed to see it was easily as big as - [Karner Blue Butterfly](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/06/11/karner-blue-butterfly/) - It's amazing how much one can learn about the anatomy of a flower by drawing it. I'd long avoided drawing pea flowers, partly because they tend to be in clusters (which I have less patience for), and partly for their odd shape. However, when I decided to draw the Karner Blue Butterfly, and learned in - [Wildflower Gardening](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2022/04/28/wildflower-gardening/) - This may come as a surprise, but I'm a bit of a wildflower enthusiast. I've gone from wildflower photography to wildflower art to wildflower gardening. - [Becoming an Illustrator (Children's Book Illustration Contract!) ~ Part 1](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/05/25/becoming-an-illustrator-childrens-book-illustration-contract-part-1/) - Exciting news--I've been contracted to illustrate a children's book! For a little background on how I went from artist-who-sells-at-craft-sales to illustrator, I guess it hearkens back to 6th grade. After an English class project in which we each wrote and illustrated our own children's book, I got book fever and wrote and illustrated probably a - [Release Day!](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2019/01/15/release-day/) - It's here! Isaac's Ice Cream Tree is officially published, on the market, and out in the world! - [Isaac & Izzy's Tree House - coming May 1st!](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2020/04/25/isaac-izzys-tree-house-coming-may-1st/) - Coming May 1st! With summer warming the world, Isaac decides it’s time a new adventure with his favorite Sugar Maple. But his plans for a tree house turn out to be a spectacular…failure. And the animals who call the tree home are in a tizzy over it too. Isaac doesn’t understand why his tree isn’t making some - [It's here! Isaac and Izzy's Magical Maples!](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2021/09/21/its-here-isaac-and-izzys-magical-maples/) - Book 3 of Isaac's adventures with his magical sugar maple is here, with all the friends--human and otherwise--that he's picked up on the way. It's here! Isaac and Izzy's Magical Maples by Angela Henderson and illustrated by me, Rachael Koppendrayer, is out in the world and available for purchase! Autumn is painting the world in - [Book review: A Midnight Dance by Joanna Davidson Politano](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2021/09/17/book-review-a-midnight-dance-by-joanna-davidson-politano/) - All theater romances are tragedies. Ella Blythe knows this. Still, she cannot help but hope her own story may turn out different than most--and certainly different than the tragic story of the Ghost of Craven Street Theater. Yet as she struggles to maintain her tenuous place in the ever-shrinking ballet company, win the attentions of - [Spotted Touch-Me-Not](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2019/09/11/spotted-touch-me-not/) - I was out on yet another bike ride on the Wobegon Trail (where better to find all the nature that Central Minnesota has to offer?), when, what to my wandering eyes should appear, but Spotted Touch-Me-Nots! Having recently posted about Meadowhawk dragonflies it is only fitting that I should find--and photograph--the lovely little flowers from - [Spiderwort](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/07/21/spiderwort/) - Right along the edge of the tar of the Wobegon Trail, as I was speeding by on my bicycle in the end of May, I nearly ran over some spiderwort plants (T. bracteata) that were overhanging the trail. They were the pinkest versions of the flower I've ever seen, closer to magenta than blue, though - [Moccasin Flower](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/06/21/moccasin-flower/) - Moccasin Flower, Pink Lady's Slipper, Stemless Lady's Slipper, Cypripedium acaule--all names for the same plant, the most abundant lady's slipper in the state of Minnesota (though being an orchid, still hardly common). This is the only lady's slipper to have a longitudinal, puckered crease down the lip, which is where it earns the name - [Yellow Lady's Slipper](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/05/27/yellow-ladys-slipper/) - I love lady's slippers. I suppose that's part of being Minnesotan, since the Showy Lady's Slipper is that state flower. My dad grew up with the Showy Lady's Slippers near his home, while Mom grew up with the Yellow (and one spring, Small Whites). All five or six species (depending on your definition - [Trillium](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2019/05/22/trillium/) - Come Mother's Day in central Minnesota, it's usually a good time to go driving by the woods. On the right year, the forest floors can be a carpet of showy white blossoms easily seen from the road. The trillium were close to a week late this year, but they're finally out! Carl Linnaeus invented the - [The Learned Cat, or: A Russian Fairy Tale](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/05/08/the-learned-cat-or-a-russian-fairy-tale/) - У лукоморья дуб зеленый,Златая цепь на дубе том:И днем и ночью кот ученыйВсё ходит по цепи кругом;Идет направо - песнь заводит,Налево - сказку говорит. Beside the sea stands a green oak tree, And on the tree a golden chain: And on the chain a learned cat Walks round and round and round again; When - [Day Lily](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/08/21/day-lily/) - Some wildflowers are really just garden escapees who have foraged out beyond the order of human plantings to make a home for themselves amongst the native plants and other weeds. That would be the day lily. It may not be a native, or naturally wild, but it grows wild in ditches and along old habitations - [Asiatic Dayflower](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/10/02/asiatic-dayflower/) - These tiny, elegant, bright blue flowers are good for brightening up one's day, at least until two or three o'clock, anyway, when the petals dissolve in a sticky blue blob. If you look closely, they actually have three petals--the two large blue ones, and one tiny white one. Their genus name, Commelina, is for the - [Dragons of Duluth: Uncle Harvey's Mausoleum, the Icehouse](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/11/01/dragons-of-duluth-uncle-harveys-mausoleum-the-icehouse/) - Uncle Harvey's Mausoleum, also known as the Icehouse or the Cribs, is one of Duluth, Minnesota's most famous ruins. Rumors abound about how the crooked, partially-submerged cement structure came to be just off the shore of Canal Park, and just what it was used for--an icehouse, a bunker, even an illegal gambling den during prohibition - [For Unto Us](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/12/04/for-unto-us/) - For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 - [Star of the East](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2017/12/18/star-of-the-east/) - Inspired by the old song Star of the East, lyrics by George Cooper (1890) and music by Amanda Kennedy (originally for the song Star of the Sea, 1883). Star of the East, Oh Bethlehem's star, Guiding us on to Heaven afar! Sorrow and grief and lull'd by thy light, Thou hope of each mortal, in death's - [Small White Lady's Slipper](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/01/01/small-white-ladys-slipper/) - When it comes to lady's slippers, all Minnesotans know the state flower--the Showy Lady's Slipper. Many are familiar with the Yellow, and those up north are more likely to see the Pink (also known as Stemless Lady's Slipper, or Moccasin Flower). But there are more than just those. For someone used to the robust Showy - [Jack-in-the-Pulpit](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/03/02/jack-in-the-pulpit/) - One of the stranger flowers of the deep woods is the green Jack-in-the-Pulpit, named for its resemblance to a preacher standing in a pulpit, sermonizing to his woodsy congregation. Like most other members of the Arum family (Araceae), the flower consists of the spadix--the stick-like inflorescence of minuscule blossoms--and the spathe--an often showy, modified leaf - [Prairie Smoke](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/03/30/prairie-smoke/) - When I see Hoary Puccoon, robust, golden orange relative of the Forget-Me-Not, I start looking for patches of raspberry-red in the grass, because Prairie Smoke is probably not too far away. Though it's a member of the rose family, it doesn't resemble many of its typical rose-like relatives. The flowers are more like strange, three-dimensional - [Taming the Unicorn](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/04/09/taming-the-unicorn/) - The Russian composers are among my favorite classical composers, and I have long loved Alexander Borodin's music, especially the piece In the Steppes of Central Asia--there's something beautifully expansive about it. When I had the idea for drawing a unicorn, the steppes of central Asia seemed the perfect place. Stories like to claim unicorns live - [Clematis - Blue Virgin's Bower](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/04/30/clematis-blue-virgins-bower/) - Where the woodland streamlets flow,Gushing down a rocky bed,Where the tasseled alders grow,Lightly meeting overhead,When the fullest August daysGive the richness that they know,Then the wild clematis comes,With her wealth of tangled blooms,Reaching up and drooping low. And her fresh leaves only shadeThat which is within her bower,Like a curtain, lightly made,Half to hide - [Belted Kingfisher](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/05/11/belted-kingfisher/) - Believe it or not, this is an attempt at a more "artistic" and slightly less realistic drawing--the first of a series of native Minnesota birds. I was going to color it in strictly monochromatic shades of slate blue, since the stark look it lends itself so nicely to kingfishers, but female kingfishers have that spectacular - [Blue Flag Iris](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/06/01/blue-flag-iris/) - Irises are among the most popular garden perennials, and the wild irises--commonly called Blue Flag--are no less beautiful; even a touch more elegant, to my way of thinking, with their clean lines and lack of over-bred frills and beards. In college painting, our first project was to do a color pencil drawing (or painting, by - [Loon](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/07/13/loon/) - Apparently what I grew up knowing as the Common Loon has now been renamed the Great Northern Loon (though Gavia immer remains its scientific name). A compromise, I believe, between Common Loon and the European name, Great Northern Diver. It sounds a little more important than a mere Common Loon, so I guess I'll go - [Showy Lady's Slipper](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/09/17/showy-ladys-slipper/) - Where Cinderella dropped her shoe,'Tis said in fairy tales of yore,'Twas first the lady's slipper grewAnd there its rosy blossom bore. And ever since, in woodlands gray,It marks where spring retreating flew,Where speeding on her eager way,She left behind her dainty shoe. On pensile-stem it drooping sways,Pale, pink-veined blossom, lightly swung,Here, brushing thro' yon tangled - [Dragons of Duluth: Uncle Harvey's Mausoleum, the Pillar](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2018/10/10/dragons-of-duluth-uncle-harveys-mausoleum-the-pillar/) - Uncle Harvey's Mausoleum, just offshore of Canal Park in Duluth (in Lake Superior), consisted of the Icehouse and a cement pillar slightly closer to shore. Originally it was to be a gravel unloading dock, but the wind and waves outside the harbor were too strong for ships to safely use it, and it was abandoned, - [Meadowhawks](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2019/08/29/meadowhawks/) - It's always fun to encounter a plant or animal I've drawn, and it's especially fun when all I have to do is step outside my door and there it is. I went outside to water my plants recently, and behold: a meadowhawk dragonfly resting on my moss roses. I am no dragonfly expert, but I - [East of the Sun, West of the Moon](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/2019/09/27/east-of-the-sun-west-of-the-moon/) - She would follow him to a land that lay East of the Sun, West of the Moon . . . but there was no way there. Having participated in the Scandinavian Festival near Duluth this past weekend, it seems an appropriate time to post this picture. 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Though at most 6 inches high, it is technically a shrub. - [Painted Turtle](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/painted-turtle/) - Painted turtles have one impressive feat to set themselves apart from all other reptiles: as hibernating hatchlings, they can tolerate freezing over winter! - [Little Lucia](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/little-lucia/) - Candles shine in her hair, hope comes and fills the air— Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia! - [On the Run](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/on-the-run/) - Twelve days before Christmas, before the sky dawns bright, The eldest daughter appears bearing breakfast and light. - [Dala Horse Reflection](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-horse-reflection/) - Dala Horse Reflection by Rachael Koppendrayer. When I look at the water, what do I see? Freckles and speckles reflected back at me? - [First Snow](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/first-snow/) - Do you remember the delight of the first snow? Some years it comes in October, while others not until December. Whether it's just the first flurries one can catch on one's tongue, or the first morning waking up and the world is blanketed in pristine white, there's something magical about the first snowfall of the - [Purple Clematis](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/purple-clematis/) - Purple clematis grows in Gooseberry Falls State Park and blooms in June, when the leaves have come out in all shades of green and the falls are gushing. - [Stuck Inside](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/stuck-inside/) - Three little fox squirrels stuck in a tree, Holed up inside by their mama’s decree. Will they obey? Or sneak out and play? Just wait, and soon you will see! - [No Rest for the Weary](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/no-rest-for-the-weary/) - At yips so loud and howls so eerie, Mama coyote awakens, senses bleary. Her pups are alert, primed for a concert. As she knows, there's no rest for the weary. - [Tail Over Tea Kettle](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/tail-over-tea-kettle/) - With the title of “bravest” yet to settle, The bobcat sought to prove his mettle. Despite his agility, He lost his stability, And toppled tail over tea kettle. - [Thick as Thieves](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/thick-as-thieves/) - Three young raccoons, thick as thieves, Spy a crabapple for each 'mid the leaves. They’ll be safe, they surmise, In their natural disguise. - [Sniffing Out Trouble](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/sniffing-out-trouble/) - Masquerading as kittens in black and white, skunks, when you see them, will give you a fright. They move on the double to go sniffing out trouble, - [On the Lookout](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/on-the-lookout/) - From deep in their den on yon grassy knoll, The badger kits suddenly emerge from their hole. - [A Leg Up](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/a-leg-up/) - Feet can get a little mixed up when fawns first try to stand up. With knees all knobbly and limbs still wobbly, It's nice to receive a leg up. - [Out on a Limb](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/out-on-a-limb/) - A trio of bear cubs decide on a whim to see how far they can go out on a limb. They're bold and they're daring, and (nearly) unerring, - [Jack-in-the-Pulpit](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/jack-in-the-pulpit/) - One of the stranger flowers of the deep woods, Jack-in-the-Pulpit is named for its resemblance to a preacher in a pulpit, sermonizing his woodsy congregation. - [Dala Horse: Norwegian Fjord Reflection](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-horse-norwegian-fjord-reflection/) - While fjord horses are distinctively Norwegian, they share an uncanny resemblance to the carved wooden Dala horses from central Sweden. - [Michigan State Symbols](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/michigan-state-symbols/) - State Bird: American Robin; State Game Mammal: White-Tailed Deer; State Flower: Apple Blossom; State Reptile: Painted Turtle; State Wildflower: Dwarf Lake Iris - [Spiderwort](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/spiderwort/) - Right along the edge of the tar of the Wobegon Trail, as I was speeding by on my bicycle in the end of May, I nearly ran over some spiderwort plants (T. bracteata) that were overhanging the trail. They were the pinkest versions of the flower I've ever seen, closer to magenta than blue, though - [Daylily](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/daylily/) - Some wildflowers, like the orange daylily, are really just escapees who have forged out beyond the garden to make a home for themselves in the wild. - [Fairy Slipper](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/fairy-slipper/) - [Small White Lady's Slipper](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/small-white-ladys-slipper/) - While the Small White Lady's Slipper may not be the the state flower of Minnesota, Minnesota is definitely the state of the Small White Lady's Slipper. - [Stemless Lady's Slipper](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/stemless-ladys-slipper/) - How did the moccasin flower come to be? The most famous story tells of an Ojibwe village, where many had fallen ill during the harsh winter. - [Wood Lily](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/wood-lily/) - Lilium philadephicum is commonly known both as the Wood Lily and the Prairie Lily (after two rather opposite habitat types). - [Blue Violet](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/blue-violet/) - A plant for the pollinators: Violets, for all they may seem like a common lawn weed, are an intrinsic part of the food web. - [Small White Moccasin Flower](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/small-white-moccasin-flower/) - Lady’s Slippers are often also referred to as Moccasin Flowers. The reverse applique featured on this slipper is based on a pair of Dakota moccasins. - [Showy Lady's Slipper](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/showy-ladys-slipper/) - As no bird is more beloved in Minnesota than the loon, so no wildflower is more captivating to Minnesotans than the Showy Lady’s Slipper, the state flower. - [Lost Moccasins](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/lost-moccasins/) - Where better to lose one’s moccasins than under an elusive moccasin flower? Besides the moniker moccasin flower, the members of the Cypripedium genus have also been known as Indian shoe, Venus’s shoe, whippoorwill’s shoe, slipper root, and, most commonly, lady’s slippers. The moccasins themselves are based on a pair from Massachusetts circa the 1800’s, with - [Showy Moccasin Flower](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/showy-moccasin-flower/) - Lady’s Slippers are often also referred to as Moccasin Flowers. The floral motif on this slipper is based on a pair of Dakota moccasins circa 1890. - [Painted Lady on New England Asters](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/painted-lady-on-new-england-asters/) - Who is that cosmopolitan lady? Painted Lady butterflies have been known by a couple different ladies’ given names—both Cynthia and Vanessa. - [Dala Rooster: Up with the Chickens](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-rooster-up-with-the-chickens/) - When a boy with a love for birds disappears, take a deep breath and set aside your fears—Chances are good that he’s up with the chickens! - [Ruby-Throated Hummingbird: Nesting](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/ruby-throated-hummingbird-nesting/) - Thistle down and spider floss,Cattail, lichen, leaf, and moss—That’s what hummingbird nests are made of. Camouflaged to look like a knot on a limb, the nest of a ruby-throated hummingbird starts out a tiny thing, just big enough for two or three jellybean-sized eggs. But as the wee hatchlings grow, so too does the nest, - [Dala Horse: Cuddle Closer](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-horse-cuddle-closer/) - The designs on the Dala horse's saddle follow traditional Scandinavian painting techniques from the 1700-1800’s, known as rosemåling, kurbits, or Dalmålning. - [Pink & White Lady's Slipper](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/minnesota-state-flower-pink-white-ladys-slipper/) - Minnesota's state flower the Pink and White Lady's Slipper is rare, in large part because the flowers rely on deceit and the gullibility of pollinators. - [Dala Horse Serenade](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-horse-serenade/) - Music danced on the high peaks and resounded throughout the air As the young maid played on her fiddle—Lilted a tune on her fiddle, serenading the horses there. - [Monarch on Butterflyweed](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/minnesota-state-butterfly-monarch/) - Is there a more recognizable caterpillar—or butterfly, for that matter—than the monarch? Monarch caterpillars survive solely on milkweed, though it doesn’t limit them to the aptly named Common Milkweed. - [Dala Pig: Små Grisarna](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-pig-sma-grisarna/) - While the dala horse has become a favorite symbol of Sweden, dala pigs are also often carved and painted in the same style. A traditional midsummer song called “Små Grodorna” (“Small Frogs”) has a second verse devoted to little pigs, or små grisarna: Små grisarna, små grisarna är lustiga att se; Små grisarna, små grisarna - [Great Blue Heron: Fishing](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/great-blue-heron-fishing/) - Old Blue Heron is a lanky fellow; Gray-blue his plumage is, and his eyes are yellow. An expert fisherman, he enjoys any fish that swims within striking distance. - [Dala Cow: Hereford](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-cow-hereford/) - While cows are not commonly painted like a dalahäst, cattle have long been on Swedish farms. There is no mistaking the distinctive white face of a Hereford. - [Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/rusty-patched-bumble-bee/) - The MN State Bee, the Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee, is now famous for its dramatic decline and has become the embodiment of the endangered pollinator. - [Imagination](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/imagination/) - Watercolor painting Let your imagination run away with you . . . - [Ring-Necked Pheasant](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/ring-necked-pheasant/) - Ring-necked pheasants are one of the most popular upland game birds, such that it was named the state bird of South Dakota in 1943. - [Loon: Born for the Water](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/loon-born-for-the-water/) - Born for the water, Great Northern Loons are able to swim within hours of hatching. Like a torpedo, they shoot through the water in pursuit of fish. - [South Dakota State Symbols](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/south-dakota-state-symbols/) - South Dakota state animal: Coyote; state bird: Ring-Necked Pheasant; state fish: Walleye; state flower: Pasque Flower; state insect: Honey Bee - [Pines to the Skies](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/pines-to-the-skies/) - Pinus resinosa is known as the Red Pine to most of North America, but in Minnesota, where it is the state tree, it’s commonly called the Norway Pine. - [The Learned Cat: A Russian Fairy Tale](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/russian-fairy-tale/) - Surrounded by the most beloved characters from Russian fairy tales, Pushkin's Educated Cat circles the green oak tree on a golden chain. - [Northern Cardinals](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/northern-cardinals/) - The Northern Cardinal is the most popular bird in the eastern US— it is the state bird of 7 states! But the famously red bird can't make red plumage on its own. - [American Robin](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/american-robin/) - Though robins are one of the most common birds in the US with one of the most recognizable and easy-to-spot nests, they are very picky about nesting conditions. - [Prairie Smoke](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/prairie-smoke-2/) - As they go to seed, they straighten upward and open up, revealing long, wispy seedheads that dance in the breeze—the smoke on the prairie. - [Pasque Flower](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/pasque-flower/) - One of the earliest flowers to bloom on the prairie, pasque flowers—named for their tendency to bloom at Easter time—cater to the earliest-emerging pollinators. - [Dala Horse: If You Need a Friend](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-horse-if-you-need-a-friend/) - Originating in the province of Dalarna, Sweden, the Dala Horse (Swedish Dalahäst) is a brightly painted wooden horse that has come to symbolize Sweden as a whole. Originally they were unpainted, but the Falun copper mine in the area produced a number of pigments, including the tomato-red that proved the most popular color for the - [Dala Horse: Making Friends](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-horse-making-friends/) - Horses are both curious creatures and slow to accept others in their herd—but this young paint and Dala horse foal will be making friends before too long. - [Dala Horse: To Run with Endurance](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-horse-to-run-with-endurance/) - Originating in the province of Dalarna, Sweden, the Dala Horse (Swedish Dalahäst) is a brightly painted wooden horse that has come to symbolize Sweden as a whole. Originally they were unpainted, but the Falun copper mine in the area produced a number of pigments, including the tomato-red that proved the most popular color for the - [Dala Rooster Reflection](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-rooster-reflection/) - He crows in the morning to greet the sun,And he courts the hens til the day is done.Up on his roost, he sleeps through the night,Then reawakens the world at dawn’s first light. If there is a creature who knows his own worth and beauty, it is surely the rooster. Whether in his natural plumage, - [Dala Rooster: Wake-Up Call](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-rooster-wake-up-call/) - The rare Svarthöna, or Swedish Black Hen, is entirely black: feathers, beak, legs, comb, skin, tongue, and even its insides—bones and organs included. - [Dala Horse: Following the Leader](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-horse-following-the-leader/) - O’er hill, o’er rock, o’er rippling stream, We’ll follow our leader where’er she may dream. - [Dala Horse: Sledding](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-horse-sledding/) - Dashing through the yard, On a Dala Horse-drawn sled, Jolted, bounced, and jarred, We’ll give the horse its head! - [Zebra Swallowtail](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/zebra-swallowtail/) - A tourist more often than a native Minnesotan, the Zebra Swallowtail is uncommon in the state at best, with their dependence on the warm-climate pawpaw trees as their sole larval host. However, they do venture into the southern part of the state, and there is no mistaking the bold black and white stripes, together with - [Dala Pig Reflection](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-pig-reflection/) - When I look at my reflection, what do I see?A dirty, snub-nosed face, looking back at me?The black, sticky mud, the brown-tinted water?Or the face of what I could be, should my confidence not falter? While the dala horse has come to symbolize Sweden, dala pigs are also often carved and painted in the same - [Dala Goat: Oberhasli](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-goat-oberhasli/) - Dala goats are not traditional symbols of Sweden, but goats do have a traditional place in Swedish art. - [Dala Horse: Fjord Foal](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-horse-fjord-foal/) - While Dala Horses are a very Swedish design, they share an uncanny resemblance to a very Norwegian breed of horses, the Norwegian Fjord Horse. - [Dala Horse: Don't Be Shy](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-horse-dont-be-shy/) - Hush-a-bye, don’t be shy. See? I’m just a pretty pony. When you ride, I’m on your side. No need to fear the pretty ponies. - [Dala Horse: Nature Watch](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-horse-nature-watch/) - I brave the winter’s cold and think of all that I can see—of wandering fauna and hidden beasts in snow upon the lea. - [Ruby-Throated Hummingbird: Ruffled Feathers](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/ruby-throated-hummingbird-ruffled-feathers/) - Little hummingbird on your perch,Why are your feathers all a-fluff?Did someone steal your blossom’s nectar,Or did your neighbor call your bluff?Did a cold wind blow and chill your feet,So now you protest the changing weathers?Who would dare disturb your peace?Why, oh, why, the ruffled feathers? - [Sneak Attack](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/sneak-attack/) - If it’s awareness you lack, And you dare turn your back, From behind the rocks, Springs the cunning fox! Behold my bold sneak attack! - [Dala Rooster: Lord of His Domain](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-rooster-orange-banty/) - While the Dala horse may be the most popular animal carved of wood and painted in the Swedish style, the Dala rooster is also common. - [Dala Cow: Holstein](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-cow-holstein/) - Holsteins, known for their sheer volume of milk, are one of the most common dairy breeds. Dala cows, however, are an unusual sight. - [Dala Rooster: Walk This Way](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-rooster-walk-this-way/) - With his high, handsome comb and his razor-sharp spurs,This king of the roost never defers!His spangly tail catches the eyes of the hens,And he rounds up his ladies, counting eight, nine, and ten.He struts ’cross the barnyard, and scuffs up the hay.He calls to his harem, “Come, walk this way!”Though he may look petite next - [Dala Pig: Blue Hampshire](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-pig-blue-hampshire/) - While the dala horse has come to symbolize Sweden, dala pigs and roosters are also often carved and painted in the same style as the traditional dalahäst. Hampshires are one of the most recognizable breeds of pigs with their blue-black bodies split by the Oreo cookie filling band of white around their front shoulders and - [Little Red Hen](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-hen-brown-banty/) - While the Dala horse may be the most popular of the wooden animals produced in Dalarna, Sweden, Dala roosters and pigs are also commonly carved out of wood and painted in the same style as the dalahäst. But who has seen chicks colored like a Swedish dala rooster? “Not I,” said the cat. Well, if - [Dala Cow: Jersey](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-cow-jersey/) - Dala cows are not traditional symbols of Sweden; horses are the original, commanding the vast majority of the attention, though pigs and roosters are next most popular dala animals. But while they are not commonly carved and painted like a dalahäst, milk cows have long had a place on Swedish farms. When it comes to - [Mother Hen](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/mother-hen/) - While the dala horse has come to symbolize Sweden, dala roosters are also frequently carved and painted in the same style as the traditional dalahäst. And roosters have to come from somewhere . . . hence some little dala chicks. Mother hens have a deserved reputation for hovering when it comes to their chicks, but - [Polyphemus Moth](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/polyphemus-moth/) - Named for the cyclops Polyphemus in Homer’s Odyssey, this giant silk moth's hindwing eyes resemble the face of the Great Horned owl. - [Luna Moth](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/luna-moth/) - Named for the moon, Luna moths only fly by night. Rather than exhibiting visual camouflage, this giant silk moth exhibits acoustic camouflage. - [Wild Prairie Rose](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/wild-roses/) - Wild roses may be simpler than roses from a florist--more ephemeral and prickly-stemmed--but that fragrance . . . There’s little that can compare. - [Yellow Lady's Slipper](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/yellow-ladys-slipper/) - The Yellow Lady’s Slipper is the most widely-spread orchid in North America, if not the world (depending on how you interpret the species). - [And Glory Shone Around](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/and-glory-shone-around/) - While shepherds watch’d their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around. - [For Unto Us](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/for-unto-us/) - For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given . . . Unto you is born this day in the City of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. - [Star of the East](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/star-of-the-east/) - Star of the East, thou hope of the soul, While round us here the dark billows roll, Lead us from sin to glory afar, Star of the East, sweet Bethlehem's star. - [Dala Sheep: Gotland](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-sheep-gotland/) - While dala sheep aren't commonly carved and painted like the dala horse, sheep are traditional farm animals in Sweden, with native breeds like the Gotland. - [Dala Horse: Nursing](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-horse-gray-mare/) - [Dala Goats: Toggenburg](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-goats-toggenburg/) - [Wild Nokota](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/wild-nokota/) - The Nokota are descended of feral horses that have roamed the Little Missouri Badlands since the 1800s and are thought to be descended of Sitting Bull’s horses. - [Walleye](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/walleye/) - The Walleye, MN's State Fish, is known for its large, glassy eyes. Like cats and sharks, it has extra pigment in its pupils, granting it excellent dark vision. - [Get Your Goat](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/get-your-goat/) - As the Tomte and the Yule Goat were delivering presents, They came across a surprise most merry and pleasant. - [Wisconsin State Symbols](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/wisconsin-state-symbols/) - State Bird: American Robin; State Flower: Wood Violet; State Animal: American Badger; State Wildlife Animal: White-Tailed Deer - [Dala Horse: Runaway Sleigh](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-horse-runaway-sleigh/) - The Tomte was loading the Yule Goat with goods. As he packed gifts for the children on the neighboring farms, A sudden tromping and snorting filled him with alarm. - [Delivery Status: Delayed](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/delivery-status-delayed/) - Due to unforeseen circumstances*, packages scheduled to be delivered by the carrier service Tomte och Julbock may be experiencing delays. - [Dala Pig - Red Hampshire](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-pig-red-hampshire/) - [Dala Pig: Baby of Mine](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dala-pig-baby-of-mine/) - Hush little baby, don’t make a grunt.It matters not if you’re plump, or if you’re a runt.You will grow up fast, and grow just fine—What matters is I love you, baby of mine. Like the dala horse that has come to symbolize Sweden, dala pigs are also often carved and painted in the same style - [Dragons of Duluth: Minnesota Point Lighthouse](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dragons-of-duluth-minnesota-point-lighthouse/) - On the world’s longest freshwater sandbar stands the ruins of Minnesota’s first lighthouse. Mayhap light would still flare if dragons used it as their perch. - [Red Poppy](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/red-poppy/) - [Killdeer](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/killdeer/) - On long legs it runs and cries its name: “Kill-deer! Kill-deer! Kill-deer!” - [North Dakota State Symbols](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/north-dakota-state-symbols/) - North Dakota state bird: Western Meadowlark; state honorable equine: Nokota Horse; state fish: Northern Pike; state flower: Wild Prairie Rose - [Commission: Unity in Diversity](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/commission-unity-in-diversity/) - Sprout strives to strengthen community while also celebrating diversity, and this pair of carrots perfectly represented the goals of their non-profit. - [Taming the Unicorn](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/taming-the-unicorn/) - The Russian composers are among my favorite classical composers, and I have long loved Alexander Borodin's music, especially the piece In the Steppes of Central Asia--there's something beautifully expansive about it. When I had the idea for drawing a unicorn, the steppes of central Asia seemed the perfect place. Stories like to claim unicorns live - [Minnesota State Symbols](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/minnesota-state-symbols/) - Minnesota state bird: Great Northern Loon; Minnesota state butterfly: Monarch; Minnesota state fish: Walleye; Minnesota state flower: Showy Lady's Slipper - [Belted Kingfisher](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/belted-kingfisher/) - Their name gives it away, but kingfishers are master fishermen, patrolling the shorelines and diving after fish, amphibians, and crayfish. Typically the male bird of a species is more colorful than the female, but not so amongst the belted kingfishers—the female has a bright coppery breast band against the otherwise white and slate coloration common - [East of the Sun, West of the Moon](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/east-of-the-sun-west-of-the-moon/) - To make things right, she would follow him to a land that lay east of the sun, west of the moon, but there was no way there. - [Dragons of Duluth: Old Main](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dragons-of-duluth-old-main/) - What if dragons were the real reason Old Main (the original main building of the University of Minnesota Duluth) burned down? The char marks are still evident on the remaining façade. - [Dragons of Duluth: Uncle Harvey's Mausoleum](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dragons-of-duluth-uncle-harveys-mausoleum/) - What better place for dragons hide and take advantage of the nearby feast of fish and gulls, than the ruins of Uncle Harvey's Mausoleum, out in Lake Superior? - [Dragons of Duluth: The Pillar of Uncle Harvey's Mausoleum](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/dragons-of-duluth-the-pillar-of-uncle-harveys-mausoleum/) - On calm days, the pillar of Uncle Harvey's Mausoleum, standing above the waters of lake Superior, looks like it could be a perfect nesting place for dragons. - [Great Blue Heron: Preening](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/great-blue-heron/) - The Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, takes its name from the destroyed city Ardea in Ovid's Metamorphasis--named for the city's leanness, pallor, and cries. - [Northern Saw-Whet Owl](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/northern-saw-whet-owl/) - Though named for one of their calls that sounds like a saw being sharpened with a stone, the Northern Saw-Whet Owl’s most notable call—made by the males in mating season—sounds just like the beeping of a large vehicle backing up. They have an impressive array of calls, from a songbird-like twitter to even a loon-like - [Mourning Cloak and Pussy Willows](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/mourning-cloak/) - It’s hard to mourn when the snow is is nearly gone, the pussy willows are emerging, and a Mourning Cloak butterfly flits across one’s path. - [White-Lined Sphinx Moth](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/white-lined-sphinx-moth/) - Moths tend to be pretty drab and boring compared to their relations, the more brightly-colored butterflies. However, there are a number of moths just as spectacular as a butterfly. Though the colors of the sphinx moth are typically not as stunning, they capture attention a different way: with their wings beating so swiftly, darting about - [Meadowhawk Dragonflies and Spotted Touch-Me-Nots](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/meadowhawk-dragonflies-on-spotted-touch-me-nots/) - Meadowhawks are very common dragonflies in Minnesota, especially in late summer. They’re usually an inch or inch and a half long and not too flighty, but they are voracious hunters of mosquitoes, so they're an excellent insect to have around! Mature meadowhawk males are ruby-red, while females and immature males are a golden tan. Like - [Blue Flag Iris](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/blue-flag-iris/) - Irises are among the most popular garden perennials, and the wild irises—commonly called Blue Flag—are just as elegant. - [Indian Paintbrush](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/indian-paintbrush/) - [Trillium](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/trillium/) - Linnaeus invented the name Trillium, since he was so impressed by the plant's "threeness"—three stigmas, three petals, three sepals, and three bracts. - [Turk's-Cap Lily](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/turks-cap-lily/) - These wild lilies have long been a favorite of mine. Growing up we called them tiger lilies, since the spotted blossoms share a striking similarity with the domestic tiger lilies. But when I began studying wildflowers, I learned that there is a difference—whereas the tiger lily is a robust garden plant imported from Asia, the - [Asiatic Dayflower](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/asiatic-dayflower/) - These tiny, elegant, bright blue Asiatic Dayflowers are good for brightening up one's day, at least until 2-3pm, when the petals dissolve in a sticky blue blob. - [Pileated Woodpecker](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/pileated-woodpecker/) - While humans complain when woodpeckers pursue dinner in their siding, other creatures don’t. The holes they drill after ants are high demand real estate. - [Lady Slipper Bouquet](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/lady-slipper-bouquet/) - All the Lady's Slippers of Minnesota: Showy Lady's Slipper, Cypripedium reginaeMoccasin Flower/Pink Lady's Slipper/Stemless Lady's Slipper, C. acauleLarge Yellow Lady's Slipper, C. parviflorum var. pubescensSmall Yellow Lady's Slipper, C. parviflorum var. makasinSmall White Lady's Slipper, C. candidumRam's Head Lady's Slipper, C. arietinum - [Ram's Head Lady's Slipper](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/rams-head-ladys-slipper/) - The tiniest and rarest of Minnesota’s native lady’s slippers, the Ram’s Head Lady’s Slipper is only 4-16 inches tall, with a pouch merely half an inch long. - [Monarch](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/monarch/) - State butterfly/insect of Minnesota, Alabama, Idaho, Illinois, Texas, Vermont, and West Virginia, it’s hard to argue that the Monarch isn’t the most well-known and beloved butterfly across the United States, perhaps because of their extreme migration: all the way from southern Canada down to central Mexico—up to a 3,000-mile flight. Monarchs have become fewer and - [Jack-in-the-Pulpit](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/jack-in-the-pulpit-2/) - Jack-in-the-pulpit preaches today, Under the trees just over the way. Squirrel and sparrow, high on their perch, Hear the sweet lily-bells ringing to church. - [Basset Hound Puppies](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/basset-hound-puppies/) - Basset hounds might just be the world's easiest dog to trip over (I have experience with this), but it cannot be denied, those puppies are adorable. - [Bottle Gentian](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/bottle-gentian/) - It may seem counter-intuitive, but Bottle Gentians—which never open, and their nectar and pollen are trapped inside—are designed for bumble bees. - [Ruby-Throated Hummingbird: Territory](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/ruby-throated-hummingbird-territory/) - Though they are the smallest birds in Minnesota, ruby-throated hummingbirds are fiercely territorial, particularly the males as they fight off other hummingbirds when their food source—or courtship—is threatened. They have even been known to chase off birds of prey, like hawks, crows, and blue jays, by charging and dive-bombing the predators. While they don’t go - [Tiger Swallowtail on Orange Hawkweed](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/tiger-swallowtail-on-orange-hawkweed/) - As the state butterfly of Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia, the Tiger Swallowtail comes in a close second to the Monarch in popularity. - [Karner Blue](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/karner-blue/) - The Karner Blue, Plebejus melissa samuelis, is a small, endangered butterfly found primarily around the Great Lakes, though it is also the state butterfly of New Hampshire. Wild lupine provides the sole food for the larvae. Garden varieties of lupine won't cut it—it has to be the wild lupine, Lupinus perennis. Vast stands of the - [Large-Flowered Beardtongue](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/large-flowered-beardtongue/) - Have poor, sandy soil? Dirt like a gravel pit? A dry hill that kills everything but weeds? There’s a wildflower for that - Large-Flowered Beardtongue! - [Prairie Smoke](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/prairie-smoke/) - When Prairie Smoke goes to seed, the flowers straighten upward and open up, revealing long, wispy seedheads that dance in the breeze—the smoke on the prairie. - [Poinsettia](https://www.rachaelkoppendrayer.com/portfolio/poinsettia/) - Known as la Flor de Nochebuena in Mexico, where the poinsettia is native, the Poinsettia’s Spanish name translates to the Christmas Eve Flower, and has long been associated with Christmas—ever since the 16th century. Legend tells the story of a little girl who was too poor to afford a gift to celebrate Jesus’s birthday. 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