I recently returned from a wonderful trip to the coast of Delaware and Long Island, viewing and photographing shorebirds. The American Oystercatchers were courting and establishing pair bonds that would bind them together for the hard work of raising a chick. We like to call this commitment love, but who knows what the birds think.
I used a layer of fractalius and then Topaz, Simplify 4, underpainting.







) look to this one. It looks like they could be in a sandstorm or snowstorm or fog - lots of interpretations to play with. But I think it emphasizes the often harsh conditions that birds so readily adapt to. It's a perfect amount of Fractalius. There's something a little funky going on with the near OC's legs?


