John F Tollefson

He forgot to add “…and we’ll parse people into those two categories (savages and peaceable citizens) based on absolutely zero evidence”

A couple eagle pics from LoessBluffsNWR this morning.

Picked a fish that had at least part of January in its name - Lutjanus - for my first #SundayFishSketch of 2026.

Working on more scribble/less worry.
A generic colorful darter loosely based on rainbow darters. Pen and marker #SundayFishSketch

The concept of a plan…a rudimentary Dolly Varden for this week’s guess.
#SundayFishSketch
#25DaysofFishmas

And I missed an “h” in Herichthys 🤷🏼‍♂️

Here’s my guess at this week’s #SundayFishSketch prompt.
Texas cichlid #25DaysofFishmads

Hello
1) I like the ornament idea!
2) if you haven’t already, you should check out #SundayFishSketch

Already a day behind, redear sunfish for Day 2 of #25DaysOfFishmas

This week’s #sundayfishsketch prompt was spooky fish or fish w/spooky names. I started down a toadfish rabbit hole b/c they always look menacing. Discovered a new group to me. The plunderfish with their odd little chin barbels. Denizens of the cold waters of the southern oceans around Antarctica.

Happy Opah-versary #sundayfishsketch! The fish that started it all and headed into year 10.

Democrats - don’t give an inch. Make him eat it. He didn’t care before. He doesn’t now, and he won’t after.
#NoKings

Picked the chinook or king salmon for the arctic-themed #sundayfishsketch #inktober2025 crossover.

Watercolor of a four-eyed fish swimming at the surface

Painted this little four-eyed fish for the #foresight prompt and the end of my #sciartseptember.

Chose the #forage prompt for this week’s #sundayfishsketch #sciartseptember crossover. This whiptail catfish forages on periphyton (communities of algae and other organisms that grow on submerged objects

September means baby snakes. Young of year Western Massasauga from the Red Hills of south central Kansas. #fieldherping

Forgot to cross post, so it’s a dah behind. Better late than never

Although colorful enough to be a REEF fish, I painted it for the RIFT prompt of #sciartseptember and this week’s #sundayfishsketch. Haplochromis obliquidens, a cichlid from Lake Victoria and the rift system of East Africa

Water color illustration of a Plains Minnow, a small silvery fish with golden highlights.

Haven’t kept up with #sciartseptember very well. Here’s a plains minnow for the #vanishing prompt from earlier in the week. Once, one of the most common minnows in the sandy drainages of the Kansas and Arkansas rivers, flow regime changes greatly reduced their numbers #sundayfishsketch

#sciartseptember prompt today - islet. Painted Anolis consperus, endemic to Grand Cayman, a small island in the Caribbean.

Thanks!

Big fan of art on found objects. Welcome Miguel!

A pallid sturgeon for this week’s #sundayfishsketch. Found in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, pallid sturgeons show a preference for swift current and turbid waters. Listed as an endangered species both federally and in Kansas.

Watercolor painting of a male red shiner, Cyprinella lutrensis, on a blue circle

A common stream fish in eastern Kansas. Attractive in aquariums and good bait. #sundayfishsketch

Happy shark awareness day.

Weather watching - NE Kansas #clouds #landscapes

Credit to a post by @drkatfish.bsky.social for my inspiration and a “state fish” themed #sundayfishsketch

A big beautiful billfish to cut through the noise. #SundayFishSketch

Barely a sketch, but a 15 minute quick paint for my guess of Red Shiner for this week’s #SundayFishSketch X #25DaysOfFishmas crossover

Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is my guess for this week’s #25DaysOfFishmas X #SundayFishSketch crossover event.

December 1 means the kick off of the annual crossover pairingnof #25daysoffishmas and #SundayFishSketch. Here’s my guess on the clues given - Pirate Perch