Original drawing by Susan Johnston, "Roseate Spoonbill"

Original artwork by Susan Johnston, "Roseate Spoonbillt" is created with colored pencil on Bristol board paper. This drawing is about the precious connection between a Roseate Spoonbill and its search for food. This bird and its bill are specialized to find food in water that's shallow but not too shallow. Without the right depth it and its family will go hungry.

This is a drawing from Susan's Project, Bird-Works.Portraying the simplest form of birds is what Susan Johnston sets out to do. She studies local birds in Central Florida. To establish the fragile nature of the bird she leaves the spaces in the composition uncluttered.

Measurements: 8.25"X10.75"