Tuesday

Splish Splash

Common grackle oil painting bird bath Shannon Reynolds
Splash #1 Common Grackle, oil on panel 8" x 8"
Sleek handsome and suave one moment, outrageous posturing goofballs the next: the grackles have returned.  I've missed their strutting, sky pointing, and puffing up to the point of exploding before releasing discordant squawks.  We have a peanut mix in the bird feeder right now and when a grackle picks one out, it parades around with its prize, dropping it and picking it up, washing it in the birdbath, in a sustained effort to break it into smaller pieces.

Common Grackle oil painting bird bath splash Shannon Reynolds
Splash #1 Common Grackle, oil on panel 8" x 8"


I'll be showing these two paintings among others at the Globe Studio's Spring Open House and Art show this Friday and Saturday where I'll be one of several guest artists exhibiting work alongside the resident studio artists. Click here for more information about the show.

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