The Little Story
Nature’s clean-up crew, the turkey vulture performs a necessary, often unappreciated task. Perhaps more attractive from a distance, they are a familiar sight rocking in the wind above our country neighborhood. Sometimes it gives me a start when I sense their ominous shadow swooping across the yard. My dad used to always shout, “Look alive!” to make me laugh when we saw them. I made this piece mostly of vellum and I love how it allowed me to draw in the details of the gnarly featherless head.