Birds

A group of seemingly care-free and joyously colorful little birds grace this composition with shades of cadmium orange, lavender, carnation pink and emerald green.  Their inviting gaze back at the viewer seems to suggest a sense of connection.  In the eastern cultures of China and Japan, the color orange symbolizes love, while in western heraldics it indicates strength and endurance.

This peacock displays his royal train and azure crest with a flourish as he looks back with courtly bearing.
Charles Darwin once argued that such showy features combined with exotic courtship rituals and a daring sense of fearlessness proved his theory evolution by sexual selection.
This composition highlights a distinct yet playful color palette with cerulean blues and emerald  greens against a silky background mist.

Three snow white pelicans quietly begin to retire against and emerging golden twilight.  In Christianity, the pelican is a symbol of loving and self-sacrifice, and is featured on coats of arms for colleges at Oxford and Cambridge universities.

A foursome of curiously pink parakeets playfully return your gaze in a sense of heightened anticipation and curiosity.  In mythology, parakeets are renowned as birds of the sun. Their bright colors together with the sunshine aspect are what gives them their magic.

Three regal hummingbirds gently hover in a pageant of elegance.  Hummingbirds communicate with one another by making visual displays.  Females favor “shuttle flights” with rapid back and forth movements, while only males exhibit “dive displays” featuring U-shaped arc trajectories, diving, buzzing, whistling and popping.
The rich color pallet is drawn from royal Tudor heraldics featuring rondeau blue, scarlet red, and  alluvian gold, set against a warm sandstone background.

Three regal hummingbirds gently hover in a pageant of elegance.  Hummingbirds communicate with one another by making visual displays.  Females favor “shuttle flights” with rapid back and forth movements, while only males exhibit “dive displays” featuring U-shaped arc trajectories, diving, buzzing, whistling and popping.
The rich color pallet is drawn from royal Tudor heraldics featuring rondeau blue, scarlet red, and  alluvian gold, set against a warm sandstone background.

This composition features three hummingbirds energetically darting through space with playfully vibrant hints of red, pink, orange, and gold as they fulfill their busy mission.
Hummingbirds are known to symbolize eternity, continuity, and infinity as the fluttering wings of the hummingbird move in the pattern of an infinity symbol.
These extraordinary creatures constantly feed and visit up to 2,000 flowers per day with their long bills in search of sugary nectar. They are also migratory birds and can fly over 500 miles in a day.
This work portrays hummingbird featured characteristics of movement, the search for nourishment and dashing colors.

In Shore Birds, elegant brushwork and a restrained coastal palette capture the delicate poise and quiet industry of seabirds in motion. With fluid contours and soft, sandy undertones, this piece celebrates the ephemeral beauty of a familiar seaside scene—five birds rendered in studied variation, each gesture a note in a visual poem of grace and rhythm. The composition blends naturalistic suggestion with painterly abstraction, inviting a sense of stillness and flight all at once. A tribute to shoreline wanderers and the quiet intelligence they carry with them.

Storm Bird captures the elegant defiance of a crane rising through turbulent skies—a symbol of grace amid chaos. With wings outstretched and plumes trailing like lightning across the clouds, this ethereal figure lifts above a blue umbrella perched on a bed of mist, as if dancing between worlds. Swirling clouds curl with energy, their stylized forms echoing traditional motifs and dreamlike weather patterns.

With dramatic flair and fluid motion, this composition speaks to resilience, freedom, and the beauty of rising above. Storm Bird is both a guardian and a traveler—soaring not in spite of the storm, but because of it.

White Birds is a gentle, dreamlike composition that captures a fleeting moment of stillness and grace. With soft strokes and a delicate palette, the piece evokes a sky filled with quiet motion—white birds drifting weightlessly through pale light and open air. Their forms, abstract yet unmistakable, suggest purity, freedom, and the beauty of unspoken connection.

There is a hush to this painting, a feeling of breath held and time suspended. Whether seen as a flock mid-flight or a memory taking shape, White Birds invites the viewer into a serene space where presence and possibility meet.

The colorful collection of yard birds that grace this composition feature pinks, greens, yellows, and violets against a subtle ethereal background.  This scene evokes the joy in the loving act of keeping yard bird feeders faithfully stocked to attract such wondrous creatures for our daily delight.