The Art Gallery of Lambeth holds a summer show called Summer Sizzle. Having spent many hours watching the screech owls that roosted in the wood duck boxes that we put out, it seemed natural to paint this bird. I tried to capture the intensity we would see in its face just before it flew out for the night hunt. Not only did it pay attention to rustling in the grass, it was acutely aware of the other birds going to roost. Once in the semi darkness, after it flew we found it on a tree limb. Its focus was on the interior of the evergreen as it moved along the branch.