Roseate Spoonbill ~ "Divine Love" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed White ibises are among the

White ibises are among the most common wading birds in Florida

peregrines exceed 240 miles per hour — faster than any cheetah

Roseate spoonbills were hunted nearly to extinction in the 1800s for their pink plumes

They wait for thistles and sunflowers to seed before raising their young

This is more than a portrait — it's a record of a species whose habitat shrinks every year

Roseate Spoonbill ~ "Divine Love" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed White ibises are among theThis 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