Red Headed Woodpecker Canvas Print

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A majestic red-headed woodpecker clings to the trunk of an old willow tree on a sunny summer day in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of West Virginia. Where you see the sun falling on the feathers of his crimson head it's like looking at rubies.

After having observed them for a while, I wondered how they could tap so fiercely without hurting themselves. Turns out they have a very long tongue which they wrap around their brains to cushion them.

Digital art created in a watercolor style and loosely based on one of my own photographs.

This image was NOT created using AI - Artificial Intelligence programs.

Fine art purchases of this image will not include a watermark, and if I may make a recommendation ... this image will look its very best on the fine art paper choice of "picture rag."



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Welcome! I"m a photographer and digital artist living in the Mid-Atlantic area of the US. Drawing and creating my own little sketchy worlds are some of my earliest memories. Life did what it does and the art fell away, but I reconnected when digital photography was introduced. I enjoy adding to my love of photography by tinkering with computer art programs including Photoshop, Corel Painter, Rebelle and others , though I do not use Ai / Artificial Intelligence. I also love working completely freehand with no photo reference involved. All of which is allowing me to circle back to a semblance of my days of sketching and painting traditionally. Please be aware that we are currently experiencing a glitch in our system. The images in...