Black-Chinned Hummingbird — Simple Pleasures Square Every nest is a race

Every nest is a race against the tide

"A Love Story" captures a pair of great blue herons in a moment of quiet togetherness — not the dramatic bill-clacking courtship display

The medium's tactile surface quality creates a physical depth that echoes the layered softness of owl plumage

Spires of blue salvia stand cool and tall

whose melodies seem to emanate from the canvas

Black-Chinned Hummingbird — Simple Pleasures Square Every nest is a raceEvery hummingbird watercolor print in this group started with one of the greatest technical challenges in bird painting: iridescence. Hummingbird color isnt pigment its structural, created by microscopic feather platelets refracting light. The throat of a ruby throated hummingbird shifts from black to blazing ruby depending on the angle. A rufous hummingbird burns copper to garnet. Suggesting that in a static medium like watercolor is where my