Grackles — Giclée on Paper Insects and Butterflies the pink petals precisely veined

the pink petals precisely veined

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Grackles — Giclée on Paper Insects and Butterflies the pink petals precisely veinedTwo Common Grackles in a tropical tree one high on a branch singing, long tail fanned, the other hanging below among the broad leaves. The graphite study is from 1985, and the setting plumeria flowers at left, large tropical foliage suggests an observation made on one of Glen's working trips outside Canada. The rendering is exact: the grackle's iridescent plumage is suggested even in graphite through the careful modulation of tone. Drawing was the