Mel created a 30" x 24" acrylic painting on a wood panel, titled “Nuttall's Woodpecker Family in a Blue Oak Snag,” which can be viewed in person at The Overlook. Additionally, the QR code below the painting leads you to multimedia content, including a video of Mel explaining some of the ecological relationships between Nuttall’s Woodpeckers and Blue Oaks. They also describe their process for creating this painting, which was inspired by an actual Blue Oak snag whose story they witnessed over many years while conducting rangeland ecological monitoring at the ranch.
