“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed.
Today: Birds

An artwork inside an entrance to Nordstrom in Houston’s Galleria shopping mall

Frank X. Tolbert, The Rookery at High Island, 2015, Oilstick and graphite on paper.
More on Frank X. Tolbert here.

Jules Buck Jones, A Silence of Sorts, 2017, Ink, watercolor, gouache and pencils on paper.
More on Jules Buck Jones here and here.

John Alexander, Great Blue Heron with Attitude, 1994, Color monotype.
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No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else is also working on that idea. Furthermore, they are using notation very similar to yours. – Bruce J. MacLennan