11" x 14" - Thrashers in the Ceanothus hermit thrush Original watercolor and ink illustration

Original watercolor and ink illustration on 300 lb

It is rendered in colored pencil and gouache on Duralene and backed with colored paper

all species in this piece are found only in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Framed in a beautiful barn wood frame and ready to hang

11" x 14" - Thrashers in the Ceanothus hermit thrush Original watercolor and ink illustrationCalifornia's foothills are blanketed with vast swaths of shrubbery, also known as chaparral. This dense growth provides habitat for a number of animals. Buck brush (Ceanothus cuneatus) is one of our dominant chaparral shrubs. It is eaten by caterpillars of the Ceanothus Silk Moth (Hyalophora euryalus). California Thrashers (Toxostoma redivivum) use their long, curved bills to dig for food in the leaf litter beneath shrubs and perch atop them to sing.