Arthur and Alan D. Singer: California Quail and Poppy

Artist: Arthur and Alan D. Singer
1917 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1978
Image Size: 13.75 by 11.75 inches
Overall Size: 19.5 by 17.5 inches
Medium: ater Color on Cold Press Illustration Board

California Quail

The California Quail is common in the chaparral slopes and valleys of the Pacific coastal mountains. With their topknots bobbing, wily Quail scouts insure the safety of the brood by screeching whit-whit-whit at the approach of a hunter. Refusing to flush, the birds scuttle away or hide in trees until the hunter leaves. For their elusiveness and flavor, these Quail are ranked by many hunters as the finest western game birds. Besides being an excellent game bird, the California Quail often brings its color and personality to many gardens and city parks.

California Poppy

Before civilization dotted the West with villages, homesteads, and orchards, California Poppies formed a blanket of gold which stretched from the foothills to the sea; and it is said that Spanish sailors, seeing the land glowing so brilliantly, named it the Land of Fire. When they later discovered that the brightness was the sunglow on red-gold poppies, they called the flowers "cups of gold." California Poppies now scatter their gold generously in flower gardens the world over, but nowhere are they quite so lovely as in their native home.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the 20¢ California: California Quail and California Poppy stamp issued on April 14, 1982.

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