American Goldfinches Summer Joy ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed and shared spaces

and shared spaces

It's a conversation piece that rewards close looking

Pastel gives me a tactile quality that watercolor doesn't — the pigment sits on the surface

This snowy owl pastel art captures a bird that looks like it materialized from a winter landscape

Great grey owls are primarily found in boreal forests and mountain meadows

American Goldfinches Summer Joy ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed and shared spacesThis goldfinch watercolor painting is pure sunshine on paper. "Summer Joy" captures a pair of American goldfinches at their most vibrant that electric yellow they wear from May through September, set against a backdrop of blooming flowers that seem to celebrate alongside them. Goldfinches have an infectious energy. They bounce through the garden like they're laughing, and I wanted this painting to feel exactly that joyful. I painted this piece