John Sill

John was born in the coastal plain of North Carolina in the small town of St. Pauls. He received a BS in wildlife biology from N.C. State University. John got his love of birds from his Aunt Della who had an abundant interest in all of creation. His father, a talented watercolor artist and an able naturalist, gave him instruction and encouraged him in his career.

John has worked as a freelance artist and illustrator since 1971. His art has been exhibited in highly acclaimed shows and appeared in a number of books and magazines. John has been the illustrator for the Bird Identification Calendar published by the Massachusetts Audubon Society since the project began in 1980. He is the instructor in the Field Sketching and Bird Illustration Workshop for the Institute for Field Ornithology sponsored by the American Birding Association. While the subjects of most of John’s work have been birds (both real and imagined), his illustrations for his wife Cathryn’s much awarded “About” series of children’s books have expanded his art to include other wildlife.

You can read more about John Sill and his work at his website www.johnsill.com

Products by John Sill

The following products include artwork and/or writing by John Sill. Most products are a collaboration of the wonderful artists and writers who have contributed to Acorn Designs over the years.

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Cardinals male and female on a bare branch artwork on a Small Journal in Oatmeal for Acorn Designs

Cardinals Small Journal

$20.00

These birds are named for the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church with their bright red robes. With vivid red plumage and clear whistling songs, the northern cardinal is a backyard favorite. Cardinals add cheer to our winter landscape with their color as they often remain on their breeding territory year-round. Cardinals are residents in…

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Cedar Waxwing Lokta Card Acorn Designs

Cedar Waxwing Lokta Card

$5.00$8.00

Cedar Waxwings are sleek brown birds with long conspicuous crests, black marks, and yellow bands at the end of their tails. Red waxy tips on the secondary wing feathers give the waxwing its name but are not always present; they are thought to signal age or social status. Cedar waxwings are gregarious year-round, feeding in…

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Cedar Waxwing with a flowering dogwood branch artwork on a Small Journal in Black for Acorn Designs

Cedar Waxwing Small Journal

$20.00

Cedar Waxwings are sleek brown birds with long conspicuous crests, black marks, and yellow bands at the end of their tails. Red waxy tips on the secondary wing feathers give the waxwing its name but are not always present; they are thought to signal age or social status. The waxwing’s summer breeding range extends from…

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Cerulean Warbler Lokta Card Acorn Designs

Cerulean Warbler Lokta Card

$5.00$8.00

This beautiful, azure-blue wood warbler is a bird of the high treetops. It is found in old deciduous woods where its colors make it difficult to distinguish among the lights and shadows of the lofty foliage against the blue sky. Both male and female have white wing bands. The female is blue-grey and olive-green above,…

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Cerulean Warbler artwork on a Small Journal in Oatmeal for Acorn Designs

Cerulean Warbler Small Journal

$20.00

This beautiful, azure-blue wood warbler is a bird of the high treetops. It is found in old deciduous woods where its colors make it difficult to distinguish among the lights and shadows of the lofty foliage against the blue sky. Both male and female have white wing bands. The female is blue-grey and olive-green above,…

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Eastern Bluebird Large Journal in Black for Acorn Designs copy scaled

Eastern Bluebird Journal

$29.00

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) The bluebird’s bright beauty and cheerful song inspire the pure joy of nature. The bluebird of happiness captures our hearts with its sunny disposition, expressive face, and humorous behavior. A species of open spaces, bluebirds benefited from both Native Americans and Europeans settlers who cleared the land for farming. They found…

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Bluebird Lokta Card Acorn Designs

Eastern Bluebird Lokta Card

$5.00$8.00

The bluebird’s bright beauty and cheerful song inspire the pure joy of nature. A species of open spaces, bluebirds benefited from both Native American and European settlers who cleared the land for farming. They found nesting cavities in orchards, fence posts, and abandoned woodpecker holes along forest edges. In turn, bluebirds helped farmers by eating…

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Eastern Bluebird Notecard Acorn Designs

Eastern Bluebird Notecard

$3.00$24.00

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) The bluebird’s bright beauty and cheerful song inspire the pure joy of nature. The bluebird of happiness captures our hearts with its sunny disposition, expressive face, and humorous behavior. A species of open spaces, bluebirds benefited from both Native Americans and Europeans settlers who cleared the land for farming. They found…

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Florida Tree Snail

Florida Tree Snail Lokta Card

$5.00$8.00

Colorful Liguus tree snails live in the tropical hardwood hammocks of Florida; primarily the Everglades Coastal Ridge and the Florida Keys. Florida tree snails are shelled mollusks which live on the bark of these hardwood trees, preferring species with smooth bark, such as the wild tamarind. Their 2-3″ spiraled shells can be found in many…

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Florida Tree Snails Notecard Acorn Designs

Florida Tree Snail Notecard

$3.00$24.00

Florida Tree Snails (Liguus spp.) Colorful Liguus tree snails live in the tropical hardwood hammocks of Florida; primarily the Everglades Coastal Ridge and the Florida Keys. Hammocks are slightly elevated sections of land which stay above water all year allowing hardwood trees to flourish. Florida tree snails are shelled mollusks which live on the bark…

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Florida Tree Snail Notecard

Florida Tree Snails Journal

$29.00

Florida Tree Snails (Liguus spp.) Colorful Liguus tree snails live in the tropical hardwood hammocks of Florida; primarily the Everglades Coastal Ridge and the Florida Keys. Hammocks are slightly elevated sections of land which stay above water all year allowing hardwood trees to flourish. Florida tree snails are shelled mollusks which live on the bark…

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Green Heron Lokta Card Acorn Designs

Green Heron Lokta Card

$5.00$8.00

The green heron is a small, richly colored wading bird. Their breeding range includes all of the eastern half of the contiguous U.S., the Pacific coast from Washington to California and both coasts of Mexico and Central America. Green herons that breed in the eastern states migrate south in the winter. Green herons feed on…

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Green Heron artwork on a Small Journal in Black for Acorn Designs

Green Heron Small Journal

$20.00

The green heron is a small, richly colored wading bird. Their breeding range includes all of the eastern half of the contiguous U.S., the Pacific coast from Washington to California and both coasts of Mexico and Central America. Green herons that breed in the eastern states migrate south in the winter. Green herons feed on…

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Ivory-billed Woodpecker Notecard

Ivory-billed Woodpecker Journal

$29.00

Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) After more than 50 years of presumed extinction, the "Lord God Bird" has appeared, like a ghost, in the Big Woods of eastern Arkansas. Despite intense predation by collectors, and the logging of millions of acres of Southern bottomland forests, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker has miraculously endured. The bird’s nickname originated because…

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Ivory Billed Woodpecker Lokta Card Acorn Designs

Ivory-billed Woodpecker Lokta Card

$5.00$8.00

After more than 50 years of presumed extinction, the “Lord God Bird” has appeared, like a ghost, in the Big Woods of eastern Arkansas. Despite intense predation by collectors, and the logging of millions of acres of Southern bottomland forests, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker has miraculously endured. The bird’s nickname originated because people cried “Lord God,…

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Ivory Billed Woodpecker Small Journal in Birch for Acorn Designs

Ivory-billed Woodpecker Small Journal

$20.00

For a short window of time, the “Lord God Bird” seemed to have appeared, like a ghost, in the Big Woods of eastern Arkansas. But scientist are certain now that this beautiful bird remains extinct. Intense predation by collectors, and the logging of millions of acres of Southern bottomland forest have contributed to the demise…

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