Limed Blossoms

Walton Ford's Limed Blossoms is a made of a six plate hardground etching. It uses other elements such as aquatint, dry point, scraping, and burning to create a vivid image. Its similarities to a true watercolor painting such as John James Audubon would be hard to distinguish. This image shows Ford's dark humor as the hummingbirds who must drink from certain flowers meet their fate as the plant has adapted to feed on them in contrast to the norm.