Heirloom fruit - Quince

Heirloom fruit - QuinceIn agricultural communities all over the world, small scale farmers are keeping the diversity of cultivated fruits and vegetables alive in their fields and orchards. The Pajaro Valley has a rich agricultural history that includes apples and berries of all kinds. And alongside the more commercially viable fruit are small groves of less popular fruits like this Quince. Original watercolor on 100% cotton rough finish watercolor paper. Framed in a simple

Common Buckeye often patrols trails and other open areas that resemble stream beds

8" x 10" print on watercolor paper faithfully reproduces my original Rufous Hummingbird watercolor painting

Postelsia palmaeformis

8" x 10" print on watercolor paper faithfully reproduces my original Lucifer Hummingbird watercolor painting

the cards have the bird species labelled on the back

Original artwork rendered in watercolor for a forthcoming book about the work of the California Condor Restoration Project

they climb down the trees and pupate underground around the trees

This original illustration of Chickens is from my series "Birds We Love to Hate"

Each butterfly or moth is depicted over a patterned background of flowers from the plants where they lay their eggs

Hand painted fine art print on watercolor paper

providing habitat for the Eyed Sphinx moth

and American Crows ( Corvus brachyrhynchos)