Facing the Dark is an 12"x16" acrylics on canvas portrait of a  character living in the more-than-human world of Orni Sapiens, as imagined by Janet Strayer. In  this unique Orni Sapiens series,  humans have bird-like affinities and birds have human-like personality and attitudes. Facing the Dark portrays a woman  courageously facing the dark... as all must do at some time.