Brown Pelican on White II

A close-up study of a Brown Pelican's head and upper neck, the enormous bill rendered in careful brushed linework with fine crosshatching along its ridged surface. Yellow crown feathers fade into a soft blue-gray nape, while a warm pink-and-orange gular patch glows beneath the eye. Set against a stark white ground, the portrait isolates the pelican's improbable profile and the loose, textured folds of its neck pouch.