I've been trying to paint more from personal everyday experience. All the Humming Birds have arisen from an "encounter" I had last summer. It all turned out OK, if a little startling. I was watching one from my doorway when it turned and zoomed, in three short spurts, to within about four feet of my face. We both paused for about 10 long seconds, then he was off. Makes you wonder - which is kind of a main point of my paintings. The Passion Flower Vine grows on the fence behind the Scarlet Sage the bird was sipping.
