Blue-crowned Motmots in Kapok Tree Sweatshirt

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The Blue-crowned Motmot is found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Central America, and most of South America in rainforests, forest edges, shady gardens and shaded coffee farms. These colorful birds have long tails with two round feathers known as racquet-tipped tails. Motmots frequently swing their tail plumage in a pendulum motion, earning them the nickname “clock birds.” These two motmots are perched in a Kapok tree beside the pochate (fruit). The Kapok tree is the most sacred of all Mayan trees. Since pre-Hispanic times, the fruit has provided secret remedies for healers, as well as a highly valuable silky fiber for clothing. “Blue-crowned Motmots in Kapok Tree,” is a digital painting and photo composite created in .Spadecaller's Florida Studio.

Spadecaller is an experienced traditional artist, who creates original hand-painted digital images and photo composite artworks. In the late fifties at eight years old, Spadecaller started formal training in traditional oil painting.Through considerable personal sacrifice, his mother nurtured his artistic talents and provided him with the tools to launch his creative journey. Spadecaller attended The School of Visual Arts in New York City (1970-71), and during the 70's up until the late 80's, he exhibited acrylic and oils in Montreal and New York. Due to the onset of chronic illness in the late nineties and with the advent of image editing software, he turned to creating digital hand painted images and photographic art. Artwork by...