Cardinal, Daisy ~ "Loyalty" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor

A cardinal among daisies -- the first bird most of us learn to name, and still the one that stops you at the window. Cardinals pair for life and stay through every season, and through the winter you will see the male carry a seed to his mate and place it in her bill, a small act of devotion repeated all year long. That is where the name comes from: loyalty.

I painted him in the soft early light that runs through this whole collection, that pause before the day gets loud. The white daisies keep the red honest and bright, the bird the clear center of it all. I worked it wet-on-wet, in layers, with no drawing first, the white of the paper left to breathe between the red and the green.

An original watercolor on paper, one of a kind. 'Loyalty' -- a small, steady piece about the company we keep.

Materials:  Each watercolor original is unique, the only one of its kind. Created on 300lb Arches Watercolor Paper with Japanese Sumi-é watercolor paint designed to last a lifetime.

Framing: Each piece is elegantly presented with light grey matting in a handmade wooden frame with a grey-washed finish. UV plexiglass and archival materials ensure long-lasting preservation. Crafted with care, our frames are 1.5" deep and handcrafted from solid wood by our trusted local framer.

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