Wompoo Fruit Doves Print orchid A tiny world on the

A tiny world on the forest floor

These cheerful little puffballs really have some pep in their tiny steps

I can't help but imagine Sumi as a San Francisco garter snake — perhaps admiring his reflection in some calm wetland pond

It brings to mind Darwin's famous closing words: "

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Wompoo Fruit Doves Print orchid A tiny world on theHand drawn colored pencil illustration. Giclee printed on 100% cotton fibre, 290 gsm acid free, conservation grade, Italian milled fine art paper. I illustrated these Wompoo fruit doves several years before I visited the Daintree rainforest in North Queensland, Australia. I had read that, despite their bright colors, Wompoo fruit doves can be very hard to see in the canopy and that frequently the only signs of their presence are the sounds of falling