American Goldfinch, Monkshood, Buttercup ~ "Golden Guardians" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed and nothing escapes its attention

and nothing escapes its attention

A perfect small original for nurseries

While most songbird paintings are intimate in scale

"Pleased To Meet You" shows a spoonbill in what looks like a social gesture — the head turned

American Goldfinch, Monkshood, Buttercup ~ "Golden Guardians" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed and nothing escapes its attentionNothing in the summer field is more golden than a male American Goldfinch in full color that bright lemon yellow body, the black cap and wings, the bouncing flight and the cheerful po ta to chip call as he goes. I painted a pair of them here as the keepers of their patch of meadow, watching over the buttercups below and the deep violet hoods of the monkshood standing tall behind. The color story is the whole thing: gold against blue violet, with the