The Spoonbill Lagoon

Canvas Print as seen on the cover of Audubon Florida Naturalist Magazine, Winter 2010-2011 issue.
Printed with archival inks and spray-coated with UV varnish.
Signed & numbered by the artist only to two hundred and fifty.
Image size approximately 16 by 23 inches.
-No more than 250 prints of "The Spoonbill Lagoon" will ever be signed.


"Beginning with photographing Roseate Spoonbills in the wild; based on some tips from friends, I found over fifty pairs of nesting birds and obtained some of the best spoonbill pictures I could have ever hoped for. My friends Karen & Rick of Ambiance Photography took me out on their pontoon boat early one morning around the coastal flats near Ft. Desoto State Park: and that's where I came up with my tropical-looking background. I tried to give everything that warm sense of early morning sunlight, always keeping in mind the direction of light.
I was truly honored that Michael H. Sheridan (Audubon Florida, Board of Directors) and his wife Judy commissioned me to do this painting." -Peter R. Gerbert

In 2010, Peter R. Gerbert's “The Spoonbill Lagoon” received a WILDLIFE ARTWORK OF THE YEAR AWARD from Audubon Florida. The first time Audubon Florida recognized any artist with this distinction.