Painted Buntings ~ "A Sunny Summer's Day" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed the cheerful yellow that turns

the cheerful yellow that turns up everywhere in early summer

two expressions of silent

streaked underparts that shift between cream and rust

the female in her quieter but equally beautiful yellow-green

Painted Buntings ~ "A Sunny Summer's Day" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed the cheerful yellow that turnsThis painted bunting watercolor art celebrates the most colorful bird in North America. "A Sunny Summer's Day" captures painted buntings in their full glory electric blue heads, lime green backs, red underparts a palette so vivid that first time birdwatchers often think they're seeing a tropical escapee. They're not. Painted buntings are native to the American South, and they're every bit as wild and real as the herons and cranes I paint. I worked