Painted Buntings ~ "A Sunny Summer's Day" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed which explores raptors through pastel's

which explores raptors through pastel's unique capabilities

using the wet-on-wet technique that defines my process

the cheerful yellow that turns up everywhere in early summer

The birds appeared on the paper the way they appear in life — suddenly and impossibly

Then it turns around and there's that chest — a triangle of pure rose-red so vivid it stops you mid-step

Painted Buntings ~ "A Sunny Summer's Day" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed which explores raptors through pastel'sThis painted bunting watercolor art celebrates the most colorful bird in North America. "A Sunny Summer's Day" captures painted buntings in their full glory electric blue heads, lime green backs, red underparts a palette so vivid that first time birdwatchers often think they're seeing a tropical escapee. They're not. Painted buntings are native to the American South, and they're every bit as wild and real as the herons and cranes I paint. I worked