Indigo Bunting, Hummingbird Moth, Milkweed, Buttercup ~ "Nature's Guides" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor

For weeks I heard them before I ever saw one. On my morning walks through Davis, West Virginia -- my dad's town -- the Indigo Buntings called from somewhere in all that green, close and constant and completely hidden. Then one morning, there he was: that impossible blue, right in front of me. The bird that doesn't quite seem real until it is.

This is the piece that holds the whole feeling of the collection for me. Two of them in a field of milkweed -- one steadfast, surveying the field, the other swooping in to show off that unforgettable blue -- while hummingbird moths drift through the blooms and the buttercups catch the light below. I painted it the way I paint all of these: wet-on-wet, in layers, with no drawing first, just sketches and instinct and years of learning these birds.

It is my favorite piece in 'Songbirds & Friends', and probably the most personal thing in it. An original watercolor on paper, one of a kind -- a quiet West Virginia morning, held still.

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.

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