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✧ Thomas Percy ✧

Thomas Percy was a member of the failed Gunpowder Plot. Following King James's accession to the English throne in 1603, Percy became disenchanted with the new king, who he supposed had reneged on his promises of toleration for English Catholics. He joined Robert Catesby's conspiracy to kill the King and his ministers by blowing up th...

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Another Puget Sound Garter Snake, this time with a Columbia Lily. I was a bit inspired by the work of naturalist Mark Catesby (1683-1749), who combined animals and plants in aesthetically pleasing, if sometimes surprising, arrangements. The snake and lily in this painting can be found in the same meadow environment, which is part of the reason I put them together. (The other part is that orange and blue are striking together.)

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