It was cold and gray this morning. Jack, the studio dog, ran out the front door to check the front yard. As I called him in I noticed a larger bird in our Red Bud tree. It hadn’t budged a bit with Jack’s wild rampage to protect the front yard. At first glance I thought it must be a small hawk but at further inspection it was a robin. He was a very stoic confident bird. His coloring was incredible. “Vinny” is an original acrylic on a 5”x7” canvas panel.