Swamp Sparrow ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Lovebirds and they look less like

and they look less like mating displays and more like pure joy

its posture carrying the unmistakable energy of a bird that knows where it's going

and at this size the softness becomes immersive

Each giclée is printed in my studio with color I’ve matched to the original

body swaying with the reeds

Swamp Sparrow ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Lovebirds and they look less likeThis swamp sparrow watercolor painting captures a bird of the cattails a rusty capped sparrow that lives in the densest, wettest corners of marshes where most people never venture. Swamp sparrows are singers. Their trilling song carries across the water on early mornings, one of those sounds that makes a marsh feel alive and ancient. I worked freehand on archival cotton rag paper with Kissho Gansai pigments from Kyoto. The rich russet crown, gray