Golden Crowned Kinglet, Yellow Daisy ~ "Golden Delight" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Little Wonders Birds aren't still

Birds aren't still

My classical training at the New York Academy of Art gave me the anatomical foundation to render those powerful talons and the torque of the hunting posture with freehand accuracy

"The Fisherman" occupies a unique place in my Oh

Where "Solitude I" focuses on the bird's inward stillness

The two of them make a humble

Golden Crowned Kinglet, Yellow Daisy ~ "Golden Delight" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Little Wonders Birds aren't stillThe Golden Crowned Kinglet is one of the tiniest birds in the woods barely heavier than a couple of coins with a brilliant gold stripe down the crown that lights up when it flares. It flits through the high branches, hovering to glean insects, calling in a voice so thin and high that many people never notice it at all. To see that flash of gold is a small, real delight. I matched it with a yellow daisy, gold meeting gold, the bird and the bloom