Spirit bird, trickster, jokester, and, for us with our small orchard of pioneer pecan trees, a willing harvester…I love these birds!

Almost exactly a year ago I started drawing the ravens in our big pecan trees. As the trees turn, the pecans are getting good, and the ravens are happy …

At this point, I have spent a fair amount of time contemplating my own crow’s feet, but this is the first time I have looked at a raven’s foot so closely. And like anything we honor with acute attention, it is exquisite and also a bit scary…

When I painted this guy a couple of days ago, I loved the pose but wasn’t happy with the quality of the paint. So here is a little different take on it.