Red Winged Blackbirds ~ "The Return Of Spring" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor baby birds and collectors sometimes acquire them

and collectors sometimes acquire them as a pair — but each stands completely on its own

Two herons in one composition demanded careful attention to the relationship between the birds — the spacing

'Nature's Cure' -- a late-summer field full of old remedies and the quiet good of standing in it

and seeing two together feels like witnessing a private conversation

The tiny body

Red Winged Blackbirds ~ "The Return Of Spring" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor baby birds and collectors sometimes acquire themThis red winged blackbird watercolor painting marks the moment winter breaks. "The Return Of Spring" captures red winged blackbirds in their iconic posture shoulder epaulets blazing scarlet and gold against jet black plumage, beaks open in that unmistakable territorial song that announces spring has arrived. For anyone who watches birds, hearing a red winged blackbird is the true first day of the new season. I painted this piece freehand on archival