American Goldfinches Summer Joy ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed This red-tailed hawk pastel painting

This red-tailed hawk pastel painting captures the most common yet most underappreciated raptor in North America

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

I painted this piece freehand with Kissho Gansai mineral pigments on archival cotton rag paper

It's a conversation piece that rewards close looking

American Goldfinches Summer Joy ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed This red-tailed hawk pastel paintingThis 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