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A colored pencil drawing on textured paper.
The Harvest mouse Micromys minutus is the smallest mammal in Britain with a head-body length of 5-8 cm and a prehensile tail of equal length. Although numbers are dwindling, they may still be found in cornfields, hedgerows and areas with long grass. They weave their hollow nests, about the size of a tennis ball, from grass strips shredded through their teeth and attached to grass stems. Several such nests are built throughout the season used for breeding, resting and sleeping. Harvest mice live for up to 18 months and have several litters of 3 to 8 young between May and October. They are most active at night but will forage on warm summer days building up stores of grass seeds, fruit, berries and grain to see them through the winter months, as they do not hibernate.
Their main predators are barn owls, stoats, weasels and crows; they are also under threat from severe winters and starvation; farming methods such as combine harvesting...

I was born in Wales and now live in California having had the good fortune to visit most of Europe and some of America along the way. I find almost everything around me to be an inspiration. I work mostly in pencil and acrylics but I will experiment with any medium to achieve the effects I desire. I love to draw animals, from pets to wildlife. Some of my portraits are quite silly intended to bring a smile, others have a more serious message. My 'Barely There' collection of mixed media works represent a few of the fast disappearing exotic species. I often work with minimal colour palette but occasionally go all out. It all depends on my mood. I think my motto if I had one would be 'You're never too old to learn.' I've just...