Black Capped Chickadee, Meadow Buttercup ~ "Fearless Wonders" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Oh To Fly and streaked flanks were built

and streaked flanks were built through wet-on-wet mineral pigment washes

waiting for the seed and down of high summer

This painting brings dark

and completely unbothered by the world's problems

total control

Black Capped Chickadee, Meadow Buttercup ~ "Fearless Wonders" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Oh To Fly and streaked flanks were builtFor such a tiny thing, a Black Capped Chickadee has no fear at all. It will land on your hand for a seed, scold a hawk twice its size, and stay through the hardest winter when bigger birds give up and leave. That little jet black cap and white cheeks belong to one of the boldest hearts in the woods, and I wanted this piece to feel like that small, bright, completely unafraid. I set it among meadow buttercup, the cheerful yellow that turns up