Roseate Spoonbill — Good Times Are Ahead Size:40x40 with the black cap emerging

with the black cap emerging as a confident

the way their plumage echoes and contrasts

The Kissho Gansai pigments I use are handmade in Kyoto from oyster shells

these original works ensure enduring beauty

nothing too controlled

Roseate Spoonbill — Good Times Are Ahead Size:40x40 with the black cap emergingThis roseate spoonbill print captures the most dramatically colorful wading bird in North America. Roseate spoonbills are pink not the soft blush of a flamingo but a vivid, almost tropical range from shell to deep rose. That color comes from carotenoid pigments in the crustaceans they eat, and it intensifies with age: the oldest birds wear the brightest plumage. Their flat, spatulate bill sweeps through shallow water in wide arcs, and in flight theyre