Roseate Spoonbill — The Dream Makers Size:20x30 This common redpoll watercolor painting

This common redpoll watercolor painting captures a winter finch from the far north

body facing forward

Great blue herons carry themselves with a quiet authority I never tire of painting

The "white" plumage is constructed entirely from shadows and reflected light — pale blues under the wings

There's trust in that coordination

Roseate Spoonbill — The Dream Makers Size:20x30 This common redpoll watercolor paintingThis roseate spoonbill print captures the most dramatically colorful wading bird in North America. Roseate spoonbills are pink not the soft blush of a flamingo but a vivid, almost tropical range from shell to deep rose. That color comes from carotenoid pigments in the crustaceans they eat, and it intensifies with age: the oldest birds wear the brightest plumage. Their flat, spatulate bill sweeps through shallow water in wide arcs, and in flight theyre