Birds in Art/Art in Birds Entries, 101-110
101. Janie Felix, Hudson, New York
For the past nine years, I have been painting bird ornaments as Christmas gifts for each of my daughters. As part of the tradition, each daughter gets to request the bird for her ornament. Over the years they have moved to various parts of the country and this often inspires them in their bird ornament choices. My daughters now live in regions where they may not find some of the birds from their past homes. The girls tell me that they can always enjoy the birds they miss when they look at their bird ornaments. I enjoy painting the ornaments and knowing that no matter where my daughters are, we all share a love of watching and listening to the beautiful birds of our homes...no matter where that may be.
102. Steve Jones, La Rue, Ohio
I am a photographer that is also a birder. But sometimes I see an image that I have taken and it screams to be Photoshopped that is the case in this first image of a Female Cardinal. It sat there and looked like it wanted it's portrait made so I obliged .:-) I smudge painted it and completely smudged out the background because it was too busy. I then added a canvas texture.:
103. Emil G. Borys, Jr., Rockford, Illinois
Mother and baby American Robin sitting on an old iron gate transplanted from out farmstead in Iowa to our city home in Rockford, Illinois.
104. Jeremy Lamberton
105. Arlene Boehme
106. Doris Lombard, Mountain Center, California
Black Phoebe
wonders
Whatever insect can that I see be?
And whatever does it represent?
Pondering that question
Is time well spent.
in the manzanita
A predator perfectly blended awaits
Beautiful and terrible in its silent vigil.
Red and Black
Stands out in the scenery
Why that stark colorful contrast with the greenery?
Acorn Woodpecker
Black-crowned Night Heron
Elegant in precise line and detail
Black-crowned Night Heron
107. Sally Purvis, Rockford, Illinois
During the winter months we sit in our kitchen
looking out the window, Wishing and hoping for that day to come we are able to
open the windows and start enjoying the great outdoors. Until then we sit and
watch all the different kinds of birds that visit our feeder every day. They
seem to know we are watching, And if we forget to put food in the feeder they
let us know by landing on the window sill to peek in on us , or they fly by and
smack our window letting us know it's empty. So I got out my camera and
took pictures . We love watching the birds and I love playing with
pictures and seeing what I can do with them. I added my winter
birds to our
summer fun.
108. Ashley Heisler
The first one is of a Red-winged Blackbird I saw at the Madison Boardwalk in Madison, Wisconsin last summer. My family and I were on a walk and all of a sudden a group of Red-winged Blackbirds came flying around us. They were landing on the cattails and singing. It was a very beautiful sight. The sun was setting and we were peacefully walking on the boardwalk listening to the birds' wonderful songs.
The second file is artwork I made with the first file. I made each bird their own color to represent their own individual song they were singing on the boardwalk. I also put them in a circle to represent how they were flying around us on our walk.
109. Gavin Albert
110. Shannon Dart, Springfield, Virginia
1.Kingfisher Blues. I sent this picture because I actually set out to
make a photo into a "piece of art" as an assignment for a class I was
taking. We were just basically supposed to be learning how to use a
specific program and so the teacher made and assignment to turn an object
we found near us into a piece of art. I was watching this kingfisher and
as he turned his head back and forth I saw the repetition of patterns and
realized he was already a work of art - I just needed to figure out how
to record what I was seeing and feeling over a few minutes time in one
picture. I loved the patterns, his body, shadow, and the cement block he
was sitting on made and repeating them increased the feeling for me.
2. Great Horned Owl drawing. I was taking a botanical illustration class
to learn how to use new media and increase my drawing skills. I learned
a lot but found I just couldn't stick to plants for my homework. I kept
returning to the birds around me. Owls have always been magical to me and
the patterns and coloring on their feathers are art all by themselves.
3. Mandy. This was another homework assignment from my botanical drawing
class. I have a blue and gold Macaw I rescued named Mandy that I just
had to try to draw. The colors on her are great and the pattern of the
little black feathers on her bare white face are wonderful. Art is in
the details of birds.
4. Anhinga. I took this picture specifically for the patterns of the
black and white feathers on it's back. I felt at the time that it was
nature's art right there in view.
5. Rockdove. I took this picture to show the beauty in the everyday birds
around us. So many people think pigeons are just trash birds but I think
they have a beauty too. The delicacy of the variations in their feathers
and the wonder of the eye in close up. It's better than any art we
create.
