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The Trumpeter Swan (Olor buccinator) weighing up to 35 pounds with a 8-foot wingspan are the rarest swans in the world.

According to The Trumpeter Swan Society, The Trumpeter Swan, while once abundant in the United States, was considered extinct in the 1960s, until a nesting flock was discovered in Alaska. However, various states list the trumpeter as either state-threatened or state-endangered.

I am happy to report this painting flew north and resides happily in Maine with one of my collectors.

"I am a graphic designer and contemporary impressionist oil painter of what I call, not-so-still life. Life never sits still; it is a living organism of energy and light spinning in perpetual motion. Energy extends beyond visual boundaries of shape to connect and dance with all that surrounds. My objective is a portrayal of the movement and sense of spirit. I find joy in simple ordinary things around me, and am fascinated by the play of light, shadow and reflections of color. I work in contemplative solitude to hear all that is being revealed by a subject. My paintings are painted wet-on-wet in bold loose brush stokes, laying down one delicious spot or note of color or tone of color, one next to another until they merge into a...