Woodpeckers - PrintAhh the woodpecker nature's little jackhammer. I always thought it was great how they figured out"Hey, instead of spending all day looking for sticks and other random debris to build a nest, that could easily blow away in the wind or get raided by a squirrel why don't I just bash my face into this log a few thousand times and hollow out an impenetrable fortress?" Plus, I was really into Loony Tunes and Woody Woodpecker when I was a kid

This one was a major undertaking

it is always a crazy adventure

We started the hike in some really deep woods and the trees were so thick that you could barely see the sky though the branches

and I’m always humbled in their presence

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This piece was inspired by many long nights at the cabin in Heeney this winter

75 inches across

when spring comes around they burst into action

before the road was paved

but the one I relate most to is the rooster as a symbol of the sun

Just expand to use and collapse to lay flat

for only one can exist at a time