Slowly working through the fauna of my state, and as I sketch each one I am trying to look more closely.

This is from a photo I took six years ago in the Paha Sapa or Black Hills of South Dakota. Every time I am there I love to wander around and see the bison, elk, mule deer, pronghorns, goats, sheep, and other residents of that beautiful part of our state.

I keep looking for mountain lions but have yet to see one in this state other than on camera traps. But I walk around looking, camera at the ready.

A sketch of a pronghorn lying in the grass, signed and dated January 2026.