Artwork - Late Summer Lingering nature art while a black phoebe lurks

while a black phoebe lurks among the foliage

Mysterious and dark sap and perylene greens

The original artwork of this Pacific chorus frog

The image is a high-quality reproduction of a bright watercolor painting of the iconic yellow-billed magpie

printed with pigment-based inks on Somerset Velvet paper

Artwork - Late Summer Lingering nature art while a black phoebe lurksThis piece is inspired by my work as a restoration ecologist along the Sacramento and American Rivers. Western tiger swallowtail butterflies quietly float above the vines of California wild grape while a Bullock's oriole tucked among the leaves snatches a ripened grape. Mysterious and dark sap and perylene greens, deep cadmium purples and cobalt blues, lemony yellows, and earthy browns ground you in the calm and quiet of our riparian understory along