Once I found out about the American Dipper and its ability to swim, I really wanted to see one. They are often found in rushing streams in the Sierra Nevada, so I went to the mountains on a "wild Dipper chase." I never found a Dipper. Then I discovered that a pair was busy building a nest under a waterfall in Los Gatos, only a few miles from where I live. It took a few trips to the creek in search of the Dippers, but I finally found them. I watched them for quite a while. My photographs and memories were the inspiration for this painting.

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