Original Oil Painting Grandpa's Bird Feeder

Grandpa's Bird Feeder

9" x 12"

Painted on gessobord.

This is a painting of a bird feeder outside my Dad's room at the nursing home. I took a picture when his chipmunk buddy was visiting. I added the red cardinal and yellow finch because those are a couple of his favorite birds. 

Original Oil Painting Female Cardinal

Female Cardinal

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8" x 10"

Painted on gessobord.

I know the male has the bright red all over but the female has these beautiful array of small nuggets of color all over. I was truly amazed when I looked close at the reference photo by Ernie Griffith the variety of color. Thanks Ernie for the amazing photo.   

Original Oil Painting Cardinal in the Pines

Cardinal in the Pines

9" x 12"

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I was really surprised one day when I saw a cardinal in the pine tree behind the house. I ran for my camera but missed the shot. So I just got the pine branch. It was a wonderful sunny day and the branch seem to reach out to the sun. I decided to paint the image I first saw with the photo I had and a cardinal reference photo I found on Paint My Photo. I was very lucky to find a photo of a cardinal that looked just like the one I saw. I painted the branch as loose as I could using quite a lot of paint. Then I rubbed out a place for the bird. The cardinal has more of a dry brush stroke to capture the soft feathery look.