Kingfisher

certifies Kingfisher is an original alkyd oil painting by Mike Robles. It was painted on a gessoed canvas covered medium density fiberboard (MDF) acid free panel. Artist quality oil paints were used and it was finished with two coats of Gamvar Picture Varnish to assure archival quality.
Kingfishers are a group of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the same order as ravens. They range worldwide, in temperate regions, with most species found outside of the Americas. Roughly 90 species of kingfishers have been described. All have large heads, long, sharp, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Most species have bright plumage with few differences between the sexes. They consume a wide range of prey, as well as fish, usually caught by swooping down from a perch. While kingfishers are usually thought to live near rivers and eat fish, most species live away from water and eat small invertebrates. Like other members of their order, they nest in cavities, usually tunnels dug into the natural or artificial banks in the ground. In Britain, where the subject of this painting comes from, the word "kingfisher" normally refers to the common kingfisher. (Wikipedia is the source of most of the description, above)