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I’m honored to say that my original watercolor painting of a Cooper’s Hawk has been featured in the latest edition of Splash 11, New Directions, The Best of Watercolor.

Cooper's Hawk

“I love to throw paint around. With sumi-e line work, splashes and dribbles become branches and foliage; with the proper surface, birds can be added in as well. My challenge has been to find a surface where I can lift out a bird shape after allowing a design of texture and lines to evolve. I had found paper coated with gesso to be the best solution. Recently, through, it occurred to me that canvas coasted with gesso would give me a similar surface on which to work. Cooper’s Hawk is one of my first attempts to paint a large watercolor work on canvas. I stretched medium-weave canvas, primed it with three coats of gesso and sealed the finished work with an archival aerosol varnish.”

My painting is featured on page 134. Splash 11, New Directions, The Best of Watercolor can be purchased online at the North Light Shop.