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The Davison Art Company Wildlife Art by Timothy Davison | Made with Two Hands in Eureka, Missouri

Thinking about turning this into a painting.
03/24/2026

Thinking about turning this into a painting.

03/19/2026

What does it mean to serve?

I have been thinking about this a lot lately, and wondering if our leadership has the same definition. Americans, please tell me what you think, believe, and hope for our shared future.

03/04/2026

On this day.. March 3rd, 1837

02/27/2026

I did a podcast interview a few weeks ago. It came out yesterday and was really nervous to listen to it because I knew I spoke about a lot of topics I normally don’t speak about publicly.

Conservation. Art. God. The meaning of life. All the good stuff.

I sat down and drew this while I listened to it and realized two things. One, that I need to speak about these things more. And two, that I am incredibly grateful to be in the presence of such people like Stephanie, Travis, and Lori - who also care deeply about the important things in life, and are each working in their own way to advocate for nature. 🙌

Framed and ready to ship 👍This ram sold for the highest amount of all paintings in my last art auction. (Thanks, Derek!)...
03/11/2022

Framed and ready to ship 👍

This ram sold for the highest amount of all paintings in my last art auction. (Thanks, Derek!) I'd like to start doing an auction once a week on FB Live, what night of the week do you think I should do them?

Tuesday? Sunday? Thoughts?

A new study found that the Nebraska Sandhills are the most intact temperate grasslands left on the planet. I grew up goi...
03/09/2022

A new study found that the Nebraska Sandhills are the most intact temperate grasslands left on the planet. I grew up going out to western Nebraska a few times a year. I eventually fell in love with the stark beauty of the sandhills and the animals that call them home, like mule deer, prairie chickens, and of course, the ornate box turtle as seen in my painting.

As a kid, I thought, "If the sandhills are this great, I wonder what these places are like in Africa, or Asia?" It turns out, I was sitting on a world-class gem and didn't know it.

The University of Nebraska study cited that one of the biggest reasons the sandhills are intact is because it doesn't have a lot of entities trying to run the show, unlike many other conservation projects.

No state lines run through it, let alone international borders. It's 90% privately owned. Researchers said that the key to this success has been collaboration between ranchers and conservation groups. It's literally people's backyards, most of whom care deeply about protecting this special place. It's as simple as that.

Their current mission is to rid the sandhills of the invasive red cedar that was planted widely as wind breaks.

While many of my formative experiences as a kid in the outdoors took place on that last 10% which is public land, like walking the hills all day looking for birds in Valentine National Wildlife Refuge, but also on public/private ground that is "set aside" in CRP, or Conservation Reserve Program - which is land that people get paid to remove ecologically sensitive areas from agricultural production - most land owners also get paid to allow walk-in access for 12 year old kids like "Tim from the past" go hunting and fishing.

Thanks to all of these factors, it looks like Nebraskans have been wildly successful compared to the rest of the world on grassland conservation, it's just that nobody outside of the state knows how awesome the sandhills are. (shhh.... don't tell anyone, it'll be our little secret.)

It's - and this woman never ceases to amaze me.As many of you know, this is Stephanie. She is full of wisdom, compass...
03/08/2022

It's - and this woman never ceases to amaze me.

As many of you know, this is Stephanie. She is full of wisdom, compassion, and spontaneity - all wrapped in a delightfully strange sense of humor. I met her almost nine years ago in a contest to be the host of a wildlife show. She won, and I fell in love.

Since then, armed with nothing more than her words and shiny personality, I've seen her impact the lives of others, from parrots to people - and inspire them help make the world a better place. Not just through talking, but through actions.

Don't get me wrong, she loves to talk - on camera, on the phone, over a cup of coffee, you name it.

But her favorite way to talk is on stage in front of an audience. Annnd... the pandemic wasn't so great for public speaking. But a couple weeks ago on Valentines Day, I watched her give a talk about animal courtship and mating - you would have thought it was a comedy show. For the first time in a couple years I could see that spark - not just in her, but in the audience.

I know, zoom is great. But there is no replacement for being in an audience, in-person. I am definitely looking forward to being in more audiences, hopefully ones where I get to see this lady tell stories and connect with others about life, love, and wildlife.

PS.. She is out of the country right now, so she might not get this in real-time... But seriously, when are you going to do stand up comedy ?

🇺🇦 Nightingales are singers, communicators, and harbingers of spring, sunshine, and hope. To some, they are God's bird...
03/08/2022

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Nightingales are singers, communicators, and harbingers of spring, sunshine, and hope. To some, they are God's bird, a symbol of divinity.

Their call is melodic and ever changing. It calls long into the night, which is where they get their name - nakht- ("night") + galon ("to sing").

Their stories are intertwined with Ukrainian folklore and music. Since people have lived in Ukraine, nightingales have arrived each spring, its singing is always understood as a good divine sign, unlike its absence, which means the premonition of trouble.

In "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" they are a symbol of eloquence and melodic speech and when the nightingales singing stopped, the campaign failed.

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I listened to the news last week and saw a nightingale being attacked by a bear. An invader from the east, facing the west to bring death and try to tear down democracy, theirs having died long ago. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian people are standing up and making a full-throated call for freedom. President Zelensky, is a true-blue leader, speaking up for democratic values.

I started this painting last week after the state of the union address, where our leaders make a similar call for freedom and democratic values. Since then, things have only gotten worse in Ukraine. Yet, Zelensky is on camera every day. Still calling. And from the people on the ground, there are so many incredible stories of humanity. Of bravery. And of a general sense of, “F& YOU!” coming from the Ukrainian people.

Those are my kind of people.

I hope the nightingale keeps singing.

Happy from me and Roux 🦧 To me, this kiddo sums up wildlife conservation in action.Roux is a Sumatran orangutan that w...
03/04/2022

Happy from me and Roux 🦧 To me, this kiddo sums up wildlife conservation in action.

Roux is a Sumatran orangutan that was born on Dec. 24th at the Audubon Zoo. Audubon Nature Institute

Little does he know, he’s part of a global effort to help save his species from extinction. Orangutan SSP is a group of animal care experts that track the genetics of orangutans in captivity, they matched his parents to create the best possible DNA to pass to him and his future family tree. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums members, like the Audubon Zoo, also contribute millions to conservation projects every year - one of them being the AZA’s Orangutan SAFE program (saving animals from extinction) this brings together experts to solve issues impacting orangutans - like planting tree corridors to reconnect fragmented forests and allow orangutans an opportunity to find new potential mates - resulting in more cute orangutan kids, like Roux.

Whaddya think of the new bird?"Bee-Eater Takeoff" | 30" x 15" Oil on Canvas (sold) I started this new painting during ou...
03/03/2022

Whaddya think of the new bird?

"Bee-Eater Takeoff" | 30" x 15" Oil on Canvas (sold)

I started this new painting during our live auction last week, but I just finished it the other day. Thank you to everyone who bid on it before it was done. It was good at the end of the auction, but it got so much better with another layer of paint. I'm sure seeing the finished version on this post will be quite a surprise to the new owner. Ha! Hope you like it, Mackenzie! Reclaimed frame coming soon 👍

PS.. Our next live auction is this weekend 😆 Sunday night around 8 is your opportunity to be the new owner of a finished original, or the one I'm painting live on screen - I'll try to finish it on time, but it might be a surprise like this one when I finish it after the auction.

02/18/2022

This is the story behind my new painting. It floats under the constellation Orion, and is painted with the mountains in the background - or red ochre made by yours truly.

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