Unbeknownst to this mother bird, she sat on and hatched the egg of this creature along with her own.
This 11"x17" gouache painting illustrates an example of brood parasitism: a symbiotic relationship in which one organism relies on another to raise its young.
Five 5"x8" panels come together to form this screen and tell the story of "The Rock and The Willow."
The screen forms one large image, but when separated, each panel is a composition on its own.