Roseate Spoonbill ~ "Good Times Are Ahead" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor curatedgifts Painting youth means soft edges

Painting youth means soft edges

The warm tawny plumage and dark back markings were built through wet-on-wet mineral pigment washes

That intelligence feels present in this painting

which makes every portrait feel a little like a record worth keeping

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Roseate Spoonbill ~ "Good Times Are Ahead" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor curatedgifts Painting youth means soft edgesThis roseate spoonbill original painting is exactly what its name promises optimism made visible. "Good Times Are Ahead" captures a spoonbill moving forward with purpose, its impossible pink plumage catching light, its posture carrying the unmistakable energy of a bird that knows where it's going. Roseate spoonbills are one of nature's great acts of exuberance, and this painting leans all the way into that joy. I painted this freehand on archival