While serving as Artist in Residence in Badlands National Park I came across an area of barn swallow housing under an overhanging cliff.  There were houndreds of individual nests all over the area.  The nests were all in a variety of construction to complete to broken.  I created a color scheme with the nests that made the light seem transparent in some areas.  The softness of the paint application and use of color took these mundane, colorless nests to a new level.  I planted a single swallow within the nests to create a narrative of your choice.