When humans and nature collide, it is usually nature that loses. So how to make reparations after a lone gull hits your windshield and suffers a fatal injury? “Face Plant” captures that instant and is an ode to the poor creature I tried but could not save. One less nuisance bird to steal your food or soil your car? Perhaps. But this work serves to remind us that life can change in the blink of an eye. Painted using layers of acrylic, ink and pencil, the piece also captures the helplessness of the gull’s tormented mate.

Acrylic, ink and pencil (framed).