Harris' Hawk |
 Outhouse Door |
Harris' Hawk |
Outhouse Door |
Egrets |
 Are you looking at me? |
 Trio |
 Three Point Landing |
Kestrel Fledgling |
 Ghost Glider |
Harris' Hawk :$100: Acrylic on composition leaf on board: measures 4 x 5 inches
Outhouse Door: sold: Watercolor on Clayboard: measures 11 x 14 inches
Egrets:$200 : Oil on gessoed masonite: measures 9 x 12 inches
Are you looking at me?$150: watercolor: measures 9 x 12 inches
Trio:$100: Oil on canvas board : measures 4 x 5 inches
Three Point Landing:$400: Acrylic on gessoed masonite : measuring 16 x 20 inches
Kestrel Fledgling: $150: Watercolor on Clayboard measures 9 x 12 inches
Ghost Glider: $600: Acrylic on gessoed masonite: measures 24 x 30 inches
Most of the wildlife paintings shown here were done after I got married and moved to the country. Most of the sightings I have gotten photos from, and painted from, occurred on our farm. There is such a rich variety of wildlife even on cultivated land, if you know where to look. The ponds on our farm provide a great opportunity for bird sightings. The Great Blue Heron featured in "Ghost Glider" flies over our pond on a regular basis in the summer. The white "Egrets"on the left and "Trio" are both the result of a unexpected stopover at our pond by five Great Egrets. We were lucky to get a whole sequence of photos as they hung out at our pond for about an hour, before sailing off into the sunset. For other pictures of egrets you can click to the gallery section of http://www.egret.net/egretgallery.htm
The watercolors " Outhouse Door", Kestrel Fledgling" and "Are you looking at me?" come from a series of photos taken of four Kestrel fledglings that raised up in a barn on our farm. Alerted by the cries of the parents, we saw them ushering the chicks off the nest. The slightly dazed chicks flew just a short way from the barn and settled on some outbuildings nearby. They stayed around the barn for most of the day till they got their bearings and began exploring the world. The watercolor "Are you looking at me?" is of the last chick looking fearfully out of the nestbox, scared to go and scared to stay. He finally plucked up his courage and flew out to his new life.
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