Goldfinch and Thistles
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American Goldfinch are a wonderful subject to paint and I come back to working on them often. They seem to be particularly fond of the thistles near our house and I love the contrast of the cute birds and sticky, somewhat intimidating plants. This painting is a 10″ x 10″ watercolor on wood panel.
Pitasche
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Los Altos, California, uses Pitasche Trees for landscaping and every fall and winter our gallery has a huge mess to deal with clearing off leaves and berries from the sidewalks. But they do attach yellow-rumped warblers by the dozens among other birds. This painting is 10″ x 10″ watercolor on wood panel.
Looking Sharp
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My parents have black-capped chickadees and a downy woodpecker frequenting their yard and I can count of seeing them when I visit Ohio. In this painting I wanted the three birds to be reacting to something outside the painting frame. This is a small 10″ x 10″ watercolor on a wood panel. I am working on a series of six of these panels, all with common perching birds.
Inspiration
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Our Allied Artist West group is presenting a painting exhibit at the Presentation Center in Los Gatos, California. We spent a lovely afternoon painting at this retreat and conference center and were treated to a delicious lunch. I was most taken with the amphitheater built in a redwood grove bordering the small lake. It spoke of peace and contemplation and I wanted to project a feeling of tranquility in this painting titled ‘Inspiration’. The exhibit will run from January 18 through March.
Burrowing Owls
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We were on a quest today to find a burrowing owl reported living near the Sunnyvale Baylands. No luck. But these owls have been on my mind. We saw a half dozen last spring in Ecuador high up in the mountains and we used to see them fairly regularly near my husband’s office in Mountain View. They are very expressive and lots of fun to paint.
For this painting I had in mind the owls we saw in Ecuador which were hanging around some low shrubs. More often though we see them in the open on bare ground and I tried to get that feeling in this little painting.
Sparrows
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Song sparrows have become like old friends when we visit the baylands and now, with the cold weather, our yard is full of White-crowned Sparrows. I have been thinking about how beautiful these somewhat drab birds are. Here are two song sparrows and one white-crowned sparrow.
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow and Fennel
Watercolor Paintings
