Artist's Notes
(Wildlife Paintings, American Wildlife, Original Oil Painting )
The subject of this original oil painting is the Jupiter Inlet Pelican. The pelican bird family consists of eight modern species, each preferring varying habitat attributes and characteristics. These species include the American white, Brown, Peruvian, Great White, Dalmatian, Pink-backed, Spot-billed and Australian pelican. White-plumed pelicans prefer habitats that can accommodate ground nesting, while gray and brown-plumed pelicans live in habitats with tree-based nesting sites.
The name of the oil painting is "Jupiter Inlet Pelican" not because there is a sub-species thus named, but only because the painting shows the Jupiter Inlet lighthouse in the background.
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art. Alexander Pope
