On a recent trip to Grand Teton National Park we were able to study and photograph a number of Trumpeter Swans, and I knew I had to come home and do another painting of these magnificent birds.

This is the beginning of that painting. I was lucky enough to get some photographs of them, in great lighting, as they were participating in courtship displays. I have enough reference material to last for a while. I used two of these photographs for this piece.

The background will be quite light in this painting, and as usual I am not entirely sure what the background will be like, but I am excited to find out!