Twenty-Percent is a wrap! completely sealed with four coats of sealant, wrapped and tucked away in its tube, awaiting the Exhibit, Calley is now on to the next painting. The…
These are the last photos taken before the final brush strokes were finished on Twenty-Percent. To date, the painting has just been returned from the giclee master, and we await…
Plucked from the pages of the mammoth book, “Hotspots Revisited” a second in the series of books defining “Earth’s Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions”, Calley asked and obtained…
Even before Calley left to attend her annual Bioneers Conference, I took these photos. Unfortunately, I forgot to post them! So, here they are, and next Friday, I will take…
Work continues on the painting of endangered corals, “Twenty Percent” with an estimated fifty-percent completed. Of course, that doesn’t include the amount of effort that goes into the research, model photo…
Did you know that if twenty-percent of the ocean were set aside to reproduce without human intervention or harvesting, it could completely replenish the ocean of the entire planet? Amazing,…
The best thing about keeping a photo journal of the progress of a RAMA painting from start to finish, is that while the painting may look “meager” in the beginning,…
The name of the newest painting, depicting the endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal, the Green Sea Turtle, is Manawai ~ He Wa’a, He Moku. (The Island, The Canoe) In a canoe,…
by Julia Fairchild, Rama Team Member, Web Weaver, and more… As you may know, Calley O’Neill has been given the honor and privilege of being the Resident Artist at Four…
Spontaneously witnessing Rama paint at the Oregon Zoo for the first time (2006) was mind-boggling. It was so unexpected! Rama was so obviously engrossed in painting with Jeb, the keeper that…