Borrowed Bleu Birds of Bliss

"Borrowed Bleu Birds of Bliss" 10" x 10" Oil on wrapped canvas

Gaunt Gert and Portly Portia knew the drill.  Wait for the squirrels to finish eating their fill of peanuts and the suet/seed ball was theirs. It was too bad that Gert had agreed, yet again, to stand watch while Portia dined first. 

Glass birds. I've wanted to find one or two to paint, but have had no luck, so I borrowed these two.  It was just dumb luck that they'd both be blue, rather ... bleu?  Gert, here, is a frosted Lalique Blue Jay.  Portia is a hand blown beauty from the sixties.

Carol

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Peering Inside

"Peering Inside" 10" x 8" Oil on wrapped canvas

"What do you suppose is down there?" twittered the hollow blue bird wearing cement shoes while balancing on an apple.

This was a value study in sepia of things I have in my studio.  I did it to see if I could.  Being self-taught, I haven't  done things in the same order as the classically trained.  I painted, taught painting for ten years, and thirty years later I found out some of the things they do in art school.  It seemed like a good exercise.  

You can also see this on Dailypaintworks.com, but I probably won't list it for purchase on the auction.  But if you are interested, email me and we'll discuss it. 

Thank you for visiting,

Carol