Black Skimmer Metal Print

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Black Skimmers are easily identified - they have lower mandibles that project noticably beyond the upper. They employ this unique feature in gathering food, soaring just above the water with their bills open, lower jaw in the water collecting anything edible in its path. I watched this Skimmer work the water's edge at Edisto Island, South Carolina during our visit there this past May (2012).

Completed in July, 2012. The price listed for the original includes matting, glazing and framing. Please contact me to discuss delivery arrangements if you're interested in purchasing this painting.

My subject matter reflects three life-long passions: nature, history, and architecture. I have lived most of my life in New England. I love painting subjects from my home region, as well as from the travel that my wife, Linda and I enjoy doing together. I paint only in watercolor, in a style that lies somewhere between impressionistic and photo-realistic. I love the transparency and immediacy of watercolors and celebrate the happy accidents of the medium, as well as its challenges. After many years of drawing only as a preliminary step to the main event - a painting - I've recently begun drawing as an end in itself again. Please browse my catalog of drawings and paintings. If you have a comment or question, please contact me. I...