Recently, I came in from my studio for a drink of water and noticed a group of birds at our feeders that I hadn’t seen in a couple of years. I was so excited that I sent a text to my husband, “The Siskin’s are back, the Siskin’s are back!” Observing them a few seconds longer I noticed something was wrong, they were way too calm and there were too few of them to be Siskins. It was at that moment that I was reminded the very reason I was inspired to paint The Bird-Watcher series.Continue reading “Nostalgia”