Roseate Spoonbill ~ "Divine Love" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed This is more than a

This is more than a portrait — it's a record of a species whose habitat shrinks every year

calm verticals

a happy match for a bird that always seems glad to see you

peregrines exceed 240 miles per hour — faster than any cheetah

Roseate spoonbills were hunted nearly to extinction in the 1800s for their pink plumes

Roseate Spoonbill ~ "Divine Love" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed This is more than aThis roseate spoonbill watercolor is unlike anything else in my studio. "Divine Love" captures the impossible color of spoonbills those vivid pinks and corals that look like they were invented rather than evolved. Roseate spoonbills are among the most visually dramatic birds in North America, and painting one was a chance to push my Gansai pigments into territory that feels almost tropical. I worked freehand, wet on wet, letting the handmade pigments