Duke
Earlier in the year, I was asked to paint this pair of pals as a potential wedding anniversary gift. The woman whose name I never learned was fond of her hiking partner Duke, now deceased, so her husband commissioned me to produce this image from his photo. The anniversary is now past so, alas, I […]
Carolina Wren
As much as I find birds to be wonderful subjects of color and their feathery forms so tempting to paint, they are indeed deceptively challenging in those specific proportions that say “wren” or “jay” or “sparrow”.
Daisy Duck
The wet eye caught the light; it is actually bolder in the painting and watching you.
Veiltails
The rich reddish orange never gets captured digitally, but it is in the actual painting. My father kept a fish tank for us when we were small children. Perhaps that is behind the draw these golden creatures have on me.
School of Aquatics
Juncos
Visiting my window recently are these sweet white-bellied Juncos. He has a black coat and hers is a little charcoal gray. I read that they will build their nests anywhere from tall grasses to treetops.
Chickadee Chatter
Busy, friendly little creatures, the chickadee is always formally dressed which makes them always fun to paint.
Offvine
Luscious grapes from vine to table. I was drawn to this free photo by the contrast of “jungle” background with purple grapes. I added the white table cloth in place of the brown log of the photo.
Who Me?
Yes, little Bluebird of Happiness, you!