Artwork - Late Summer Lingering nature art Frame is not included

Frame is not included

but will hang in the City of Sacramento's Mayor's Gallery during the month of October 2024

while a black phoebe lurks among the foliage

or anyone else who enjoys the diverse beauty that California offers us

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

Artwork - Late Summer Lingering nature art Frame is not includedThis 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