My cousin’s wedding is in a couple weeks, and since I can’t make it there I’m sending her a little painting. I don’t know her well, but I do know she loves hummingbirds and has been collecting them.

I made pin-up girls for my relatives on the west coast, but it didn’t seem appropriate for my mid-west family, so instead my aunt is getting her favorite bird, the black-capped chickadee. I sent her a print of my bigfoot woodcut for Christmas, and she specifically requested that the bird be the right size to perch on his shoulder.