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paintings: grosbeak, bunting

Two sweet little bird paintings, up in my Etsy shop. I do think these look terrific hung as a grouping, and these bright colored birds are a lovely remembrance of summer. Available here and here. Does summer feel like it’s coming to a close? The heat is becoming bearable, the cucumbers have stopped producing–and onlyContinue reading “paintings: grosbeak, bunting”

3 paintings: a crow, a horse, a pug

I didn’t save the name of the person who took the reference photo (bad Sandra), but it was a photo shared on Free Reference Photos for Artists. 12″x12″ oil on cradled wood board. Available in my Etsy shop. I love how the moment is very different from most crow images. From a photo shared byContinue reading “3 paintings: a crow, a horse, a pug”

painting: a highland cow, and a bunting (bird)

There’s an understated magnificence to Highland cows. They don’t know how very gorgeous they are–they just are. I painted from a reference photo shared by Les Liddle.9″x12″ oil on cradled wood board, Available in my Etsy shop. 🙂 I love these birds, they are so colorful. I have yet to see one, but I knowContinue reading “painting: a highland cow, and a bunting (bird)”

painting: chickadee-dee-dee

Birds are sort of miraculous to me, especially the little ones. How does this guy keep those toothpick legs warm through the winter? I understand fluffing the feather produces a kind of insulation in the air pockets, but what about those teeny weeny feet? 8″x8″ oil on cradled wood board. Available in my Etsy shop.Continue reading “painting: chickadee-dee-dee”