Red Winged Blackbirds ~ "The Return Of Spring" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor baby birds The extended wings required broad

The extended wings required broad

This painting captures that welcoming abundance — wings catching light

not hunting

and seeing two together feels like witnessing a private conversation

The tiny body

Red Winged Blackbirds ~ "The Return Of Spring" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor baby birds The extended wings required broadThis red winged blackbird watercolor painting marks the moment winter breaks. "The Return Of Spring" captures red winged blackbirds in their iconic posture shoulder epaulets blazing scarlet and gold against jet black plumage, beaks open in that unmistakable territorial song that announces spring has arrived. For anyone who watches birds, hearing a red winged blackbird is the true first day of the new season. I painted this piece freehand on archival