A Work In Progress

This is a good example of why I don't paint much in the style of photo-realism.

I found this lovely, little half-finished nest on the ground recently. It's tiny, and may be a hummingbird's unfortunate but awesome first try.

I consider it quite a gift, if only as a humbling reminder of my inablilty to design and construct such a thing, not to mention accurately reproducing it with paint and paper.

Still, I will continue to paint small and intricate botanical images from time to time. I've found that changing my usual method of working so radically can blast out my creative cobwebs when I'm working my way out of a prolonged period of inertia. Here is a little exercise in inertia-busting--Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle).