Heerman's Gulls
Red Tailed Hawk
Black Crowned Night Heron
A Simple Gift
Ferruginous Hawk
Northern Pintail
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Portraits

Sometimes there is no better way to depict a bird, to say something about its character or the way it looks than with a portrait. This can be simple and direct or it can be a psychological statement about behavior of the species or a something I wanted to express about the environment in which a species lives. While a first look at this page may seem like an eclectic group of subjects (raptors, waterfowl, a heron, a passerine and gulls!), these compositional elements of these pieces tie into the same themes of lines, shapes, patterns, gestures, abstraction, complexity and simplicity that can be found in all of my work.