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Sandpiper on the Log: Oil Painting
Read more: Sandpiper on the Log: Oil PaintingI saw this beautiful bird on a log a month ago while walking the beach, and decided to paint him. This ended up being a study in browns and blue!
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Birds of Michigan Series: Winter Partners
Read more: Birds of Michigan Series: Winter PartnersI love to paint birds, and winter scenes, so this painting combines these two. One is a sparrow, the other a chickadee. What I love about the sparrow is the fact that his posture reminds me of a “grumpy old man” sitting there on the bush. These guys came to the feeders last winter, and…
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Michigan Bird Series: Female Cardinal
Read more: Michigan Bird Series: Female CardinalLast spring my roomate took a picture of a female cardinal in the snow (yes, there was snow until April here; I thought I had moved to the land where winter never ends by the end of my first Michigan winter!) As I mentioned before, I love cardinals, so I decided to paint here. I…
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Michigan Birds: Cardinal
Read more: Michigan Birds: CardinalI love cardinals: their calls in the spring, their bright red against the snow, and the cheer they bring. Here is the first cardinal painting I have done; I plan to do another one in a week or so.
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Birds of Michigan Series: Chickadee
Read more: Birds of Michigan Series: ChickadeeA few days ago, I finished a painting of a chickadee. I love chickadees, because they are the ones that watch out for danger. We have a hawk nearby, and when the chickadees give the alarm, all the other birds go completely still until the most alert chickadee gives the “all’s clear” signal. Here he…