Rocky Mountain Eggs

Continuing on the theme begun in the Eggs of the Midwest post, I have created a new series of eggs for the Rocky Mountain region. This series is not meant to be exhaustive, only the most commonly viewed birds based on my own experiences. I also included some birds, not only because they were common, but because they had really cool looking eggs.

Some of my favorite eggs from the Rockies include the Cedar Waxwing, Western Tanager, Bullock’s Oriole, Western Meadowlark, American Avocet, and the beautiful Common Goldeneye. Also, who can ignore the absolutely gargantuan Sandhill Crane egg in comparison to some of the smaller bird eggs!

I really learned a lot about color mixing with this project, especially with the subtle bluish-greens commonly found as background colors on the eggs. This tends to be my blind-spot when it comes to reproducing colors so I feel quite a bit more savvy about cooler and warmer greens and blues as a result.

Final Egg Layout

This is the second version of eggs prints, the first being the Midwest Eggs. Both prints are available as an 11” x 15-3/4” images, perfect for a 16”x20” mat and frame size. They are created on archival 100% cotton rag fine art paper printed with pigment-based archival inks. The cost is $50.00 USD plus an additional $8.00 shipping & handling (continental U.S. only additional shipping for international addresses). You can use the form below if you are interested in purchasing one. They are also available through the River’s Mist Gallery in Stevensville, Montana if you’d like to drop by there instead.