this original piece is 31" x 23" prismacolor pencil, wash, watercolor, ground prismacolor, 18k technical ink on arches aquarelle paper

Lloyd Orteeze and his wife were ranchers in Trinadad, Colorado and gave me my very first chickens. They were kind enough to gave me 3 Banty hens, then his wife decided I must also have a rooster to go with my hens right before we left to go back home.