Friday

Portraitist Goes to the Birds

A collage of Angry BIrds, and oil painting © Shannon Reynolds and the Globe Studios Art Show postcard
Globe Studios Art Show and Sale Friday November 25th and Saturday November 26th
Well, not entirely.  But I admit I've been painting many birds lately.  I've always been a birder, albeit a non-competitive, opportunistic one.  Birds are a living example of a prehistoric past, astonishing in their variety, and possessors of the perpetually amazing ability to fly.  Given their ubiquity and my recent acquisition of a super zoom camera, I've been turning to them as models more often.

A portrait of a Northern Mockingbird on a Wire, oil painting, ©Shannon Reynolds
Bird On a Wire, Northern Mockinbird, oil on panel, 12" x 12"

Birds of many a feather I've painted will be on display and for sale at the Globe Studios Art Show and Open House today and tomorrow, from fancy pigeons, to urban gulls, and birds of prey.  Some fish and fauna and even a landscape are also part of my little wall space.  I hope to see some of you there.

Osprey on twig nest, oil painting, ©Shannon Reynolds
Osprey (left side), oil on panel, 12" x 12"

An oil panitng of an osprey on a nest of sticks by artist Shannon Reynolds
Osprey (right side), oil on panel, 12" x 12"
For more details of the Globe Studios Open House: http://globestudios.org/