Roseate Spoonbill ~ "Divine Love" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed on archival cotton rag paper

on archival cotton rag paper using Kissho Gansai pigments from Kyoto

and collector walls

calm verticals

The Gansai mineral pigments produce that warmth naturally

peregrines exceed 240 miles per hour — faster than any cheetah

Roseate Spoonbill ~ "Divine Love" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed on archival cotton rag paperThis 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