The Scholar

"The Scholar" is one of a series of paintings that uses the owl to explore ways of knowing. Depicted as a little Renaissance man in this piece, the fierce northern pygmy (Glaucidium gnoma) presides with fixed gaze in his esteemed place of learning. Smaller than a robin, the pygmy owl will hunt day or night and may be seen unabashedly perched at your bird feeder waiting for a songbird snack.