Penance_21

   MEDIUM

• Pen on paper

   About the Artwork

• Species: Brown-Capped Pygmy Woodpecker. During my search for the woodpeckers of Karnataka, visited Kushalnagar and got to watch the Brown capped pygmy woodpecker. Sighted the male on an old Ficus bengalensis, made few images that afternoon and watched it move up and down vertically on that tree branch. Later while making a valiant effort to get a glimpse of the heart-spotted, stumbled upon another Brown capped male in Bylakuppe, this time he was perched right up the canopy, though the images from that evening didn’t turn out right got the leaves and tree branches for reference. Hope this artwork gives a sense of height, space and the tiny bird looking towards us from top canopy.