Bird Series 

Birds have always had a background presence in my life.  When I was a child, my grandfather would crouch down and whisper, “Did you hear that?” followed with his call to the birds – spshhh spshhh spshhh – then silence.  Wait.  Then he’d look at me with a grin when the bird responded. Listening to and looking for birds was a common pastime for us, sitting on the front porch of our mountain cabin.  I draw birds as I saw them when sitting on the porch of my mountain home, as extended family, separated by language, so instead have learned to communicate through expression.