Wildlife | Debbie W Nelson

Mane Glory
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 inches x 30 inches x 1.5 inches. A rare blue-eyed white lion with a glorious mane on a black background! I enjoy painting the big cats, with an emphasis on the eyes and the fur. This 30 inch square a…
Majestic
Acrylic, Canvas, 40 inches x 30 inches x 1.5 inches. I love painting lions especially because I enjoy creating the texture of their fur, lots of brush strokes - large and small, dark and light, to create a mass of fur.…
Silver Koi Pond
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 inches x 30 inches x 1.5 inches. Water often has a silvery, mirror-like appearance, so I decided to go for a beautiful metallic silver texture on the background of this painting. The waterlilies and…
School's in Session
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 inches x 40 inches x 1.5 inches. Blue Trigger fish are the focus of my painting "School's in Session." For those of you who have snorkeled in tropical waters around the world, or for those who love w…
Koi Colors
Acrylic, Canvas, 40 inches x 30 inches x 1.5 inches. Koi ponds are known for the colorful fish and the relaxing atmosphere of clear, blue waters. I am a fan - I have had koi ponds in the past and I love to seek out koi…
Dolphins in the Blue
Acrylic, Canvas, 40 inches x 30 inches x 1.5 inches. Dolphins swimming in the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico! We are lucky to have these beautiful animals in our area of South Florida. In my background of being aroun…
Doe Eyes
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 inches x 20 inches x 1.5 inches. I love deer - having raised and worked with a variety of species, large and small. My little Whitetail Deer fawn here is caught in the act of enjoying a green snack!…
Only Anoles
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 inches x 30 inches x 1.5 inches. Can you find all the anoles? Our small native green lizards do a great job of camouflage among plants, that is until the sun catches them in action! Our little friend…
Watch Your Back
Acrylic, Canvas, 40 inches x 30 inches x 1.5 inches. I painted my tiger on canvas, in acrylics, with an emphasis on the light coming in from the left side, illuminating the tiger's face as he looks behind him. Most of h…
White Horse
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 inches x 40 inches x 1.5 inches. Horses are elegant creatures in shape and I featured my horse in white against a deep blue-black color, the background showing thru in his body structures and shadows…
Scarlet-Chested Parrot
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 inches x 20 inches x 1.5 inches. My Scarlet-Chested Parrot joins as a "mate" to my Mulga Parrot painting, in the same style. The natural colors of these birds are so gorgeous and I wanted to make a c…
Mulga Parrot
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 inches x 20 inches x 1.5 inches. I went all out with color in this painting! Mulga parrots are one of the many beautiful, multi-colored small parrot species of Australia and a species that I raised w…
Flamingo & Chick
Acrylic, Canvas, 40 inches x 30 inches x 1.5 inches. As an artist who enjoys painting colors, I had fun painting the salmon-pink shades of my flamingo! She is a protective mother watching over her fluffy white new chick…
Cheetah in the AfricanDust
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 inches x 40 inches x 1.5 inches. I have always thought that cheetahs were very elegant and graceful large cats, and not as intimidating as their larger cousins. Their faces are more petite compared t…
Deer Friends
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 inches x 40 inches x 1.5 inches. This painting is of a pair of white Fallow Deer Does that I raised during my wildlife career. Their names were Buttercup and Lily! They grew up together and always ha…
Persian Fallow Deer
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 inches x 40 inches x 1.5 inches. This original art is to remember a little known, but critically endangered species, the Persian Fallow Deer. I have worked extensively with hoofed species, including…
Violet-Crested Touracos
Acrylic, Canvas, 40 inches x 30 inches x 1.5 inches. Violet-Crested Touracos are an African species - large, boisterous, colorful, almost fantastical in appearance. We raised this species at our wildlife center and I cr…
Don't Let Them Disappear - Florida Panther
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 inches x 40 inches x 1.5 inches. Having spent my life working with exotic wildlife, I have a passion for the importance of saving endangered species. My painting is entitled, "Don't Let Them Disappea…
Run Free - Cheetah
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 inches x 40 inches x 1.5 inches. I entitled this piece "Run Free - Cheetah" allowing the focus to be on a cheetah enjoying a sprint in the wild. The background is very soft in color and shape, while…
The Majesty of Elephants
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 inches x 40 inches x 1.5 inches. Elephants are majestic creatures in so many ways. I will always remember, when I had my first job working with exotic animals, that I was able to engage with a baby e…
Serenity - White Fallow
Acrylic, Canvas, 40 inches x 30 inches x 1.5 inches. This painting is very special to me. I based the image on one of the European Fallow Deer that I raised from infancy to old age. Fallow deer can be white in coloratio…
Fairy Bluebirds
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 inches x 20 inches x 1.5 inches. I created a simple design in this original painting to focus on the beautiful birds. Fairy Bluebirds are a species native to Asia that I was lucky to work with at my…
East African Crowned Crane
Acrylic, Canvas, 28.25 inches x 22.25 inches x 1.625 inches. An elegant East African Crowned Crane stands tall with its brilliant red, white and black velvet-soft feathers decorating the head and a crown of slender, spi…
Goldie's Lorikeet
Acrylic, Canvas, 12.25 inches x 14.25 inches x 1.5 inches. Goldie's Lorikeet is a small parrot in the family of lories. Lories are native to the South Pacific region, including Australia and Indonesia. They have a small…
Rosy Bourke Parakeets
Acrylic, Canvas, 17.75 inches x 17.75 inches x 1.875 inches. Rosy Bourke Parakeets are native to Australia - they are the only parrot species that has no green feathers! Instead, their plumage can vary from a pale peach…