Through the Seasons: A Rocky Mountain Front Range Native Wildflower Garden in AUTUMN – 20 x 16 in canvas envelopes I painted this male bird

I painted this male bird as it perched on a chokecherry branch laden with berries in late summer

a mourning cloak and a wood nymph butterfly to enliven the flowery scene

from New Mexico north to southwest Alaska

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The unusual multitude of flowers blooming close together inspired this painting

Through the Seasons: A Rocky Mountain Front Range Native Wildflower Garden in AUTUMN – 20 x 16 in canvas envelopes I painted this male birdA native wildflower garden along the front range of the Rocky Mountains delivers beauty as well as habitat for birds and pollinators throughout the year. From late August through mid to late October, the garden changes almost daily as leaf colors gradually change from green to golden yellow and shades of red and orange. Fall blooming black eyed susans, chocolate flowers, goldenrod, and a few remaining columbines and prairie coneflowers add other