Langham Collection — Belted Kingfisher Size:18x18 The warm orange breast was

The warm orange breast was built through wet-on-wet mineral pigment washes

and commits to the choreography that has defined its species for millions of years

and wing flaps that looks like pure celebration

but its predatory grace and striking appearance earn it a place in this collection

Langham Collection — Belted Kingfisher Size:18x18 The warm orange breast wasThis Langham Collection bird print comes from a body of work I created for The Langham Hotel Boston a two year collaboration that placed my watercolors in the hotels guest rooms as permanent art in residence. The Langham selected four species blue jay, tree swallow, great blue heron, and belted kingfisher for their connection to New Englands natural landscape, and I painted each one specifically for the intimate scale and quiet light of a hotel room.