After documenting unfamiliar species on their expedition, Lewis and Clark delegated the official descriptions to scientists and artists, most of whom had never seen the species alive. With that in mind, I composed these images like scenes fabricated by stagehands. The plants are inspired by flattened herbarium specimens and the birds tuck in like flowers in a bouquet or float like boats among the foliage.

"Whistlers in the Madrone"
30" x 24" - Mixed Media

"Wild Pigeon in Hedgeapple"
11" x 14" - Mixed Media

"Kildees in the Snowberry"
​9" x 12" - Mixed Media

"Kooskooskee River Birds in Buckthorn"
​11" x 14" - Mixed Media

"Blue Jay Birds (Pinyon Jays)"
16" x 16" - Mixed Media

"Small Blackbirds in Small-leafed Thorn"
8" x 10" - Mixed Media

"Black Woodpeckers (Lewis' Woodpeckers)"
​16" x 20" - Mixed Media