acrylic on canvas
Hi all! Here is one of my newest pieces... I call it: "Short-eared Owl in Moonlight." I painted it for the 6 x 6 Wild Art Project benefiting the Audubon Society of Portland. It, and other artist's birdies, will be sold for $40 at the Wild Arts Festival on November 21 and 22 -- all proceeds from the sales will support the conservation, environmental education and wildlife rehabilitation work of the Audubon Society of Portland.
I was really happy to come across this project. I normally hear about such artistic opportunities after they've come and gone -- but luckily it made its way through the grapevine and to me in perfect time!
Here is my beginning sketch of the owl:
I flipped through a bunch of bird pictures from a nature book I picked up at a thrift store and fell in love with this owl... I later realized that it was the only true 'bust' portrait of any of the birds -- which is funny to me because my current work is focused on portraits of people!