Saguaro Peckers

8x6 watercolor with White Nights paints on rough handmade cold press 140 lb paper done last week from an image used for WetCanvas.com. In this reference, woodpeckers have made themselves some tall birdhouses in these legendary desert saguaros. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Cactus Dove

5.5x8.5 mixed media on paper using STA Lictin 0.3 pen to sketch, watercolor, Montana marker, and gel pen of this white winged dove on its saguaro cactus perch. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Cactus Wren Resting

6x4 watercolor, white gel pen, and Micron 01 pen on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done over this past week using multiple reference photos taken near Tucson of a desert cactus wren perched on a saguaro. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Arizona Jackrabbit

8x8 watercolor on Masters Touch Premium 140 lb cold press paper completed yesterday; ref courtesy fellow artist Kathy S. in Arizona. I admire how the rabbit blends in with his desert surroundings and the only obvious color is in his backlit ears by the morning sun. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith