Through the Seasons: A Rocky Mountain Front Range Native Wildflower Garden in SPRING 20 x 16 in canvas fine art

Through the Seasons: A Rocky Mountain Front Range Native Wildflower Garden in SPRING 20 x 16 in canvas fine artA native wildflower garden along the front range of the Rocky Mountains delivers beauty as well as habitat for birds and pollinators throughout the year. From mid April through June, the garden heralds spring with an explosion of blossoms on native shrubs like Woods rose, golden currant, chokecherry and red osier dogwood. The yellow blooms of blanket flower, wild buckwheat, wallflower, and golden columbine contrast with blue flax, lupine and purple

Open edition print from an original watercolor by Susan Quinlan

The yellow blooms of blanket flower

However I have seen this remarkable little bird in many places north to Alaska and west to California

house wren and American robin join various bees

Chokecherry trees (or shrubs) are one of my favorite native woody plants

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an iconic bird of western coniferous forests

undersides and tail

These prints offer lasting vibrancy and detail

the naturalist who first described the species while accompanying Vitus Bering on his initial voyage of discovery to the lands now known as Alaska

these unique prints combine scientific accuracy with aesthetic appeal

Butterfly milkweed and prairie fire blooms deliver dashes of orange and red