Red-Bellied Woodpeckers

  Red-Bellied Woodpeckers Confrontation
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These Red-Bellied Woodpeckers have been visiting my backyard for several years now. I've been waiting for a view that demostrates something about these colorful birds. This composition shows their territorial aggressiveness and also the distinctive markings on back and belly of this unique bird.

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Sandhill Cranes Doing a Two-Step

Sandhill Cranes Doing a Two-Step
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10" x 8" (25.4cm x 20.3cm) acrylic on hand primed board
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As my wife and I entered Falling Water Trail in Jackson county for our bike ride, we heard the strange croaking call of Sandhill cranes. I mentioned to her I’d never been close enough to Sandhills to photograph or study them. As if they heard me, we came upon this pair about a mile down the trail. Fortunately I had my telephoto lens and was able to get good photos.

Later looking closely at their red head markings I thought the photos I’d seen before of cranes were slightly different. Further research taught me there is at least six know subspecies of Sandhill cranes. You can read more about it HERE. The strange and beautiful birds standing here in the field gave a sense of otherworldly or primordial presence. The beauty and details demanded a larger format than my usual 5” x 7” size. Here is the result of our encounter. It’s one of my favorite images.

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White Crowned Sparrows Conversation

            White Crowned Sparrows Conversation (click photo to see more detail)
 

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This pair of White Crowned Sparrows has been coming to my backyard for several years. In this image they seemed to be in a conversation, and since I don't understand their language they probably are, hence the title of the painting.

I've been watching them for a while and finally got an image together that I wanted to paint so here it is.

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Security Check

                   Mother Wren Doing a Security Check
Size: 5 in. X 7 in. (12.7 cm X 17.8 cm) acrylic on hand primed board unframed $125 with free shipping in US and Canada

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This is the third and last in a series of a mother House Wren I started in August of 09. Because she was moving so fast during the session while I was shooting the photos I thought she was just flitting around to find a landing spot. I discovered what she was doing after examining the stopped action photos. She was really doing a thorough security check around the birdhouse before entering to sit on her nest. I've done some additional work on this last view.

Since this is the last of the series I've got a few 5" x 7" frames left over and will include a free frame for this one but please request the free frame when you purchase the painting

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Blue Jay Pair

     Blue Jay Pair (click photo to see more detail)
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Blue Jays have come to my backyard for many years. They are intelligent and fearless birds. More than once I've watched a Blue Jay dive after a hawk sitting on my wood pile. The Jay knows he can out maneuver the hawk in flight but cannot escape a diving hawk so he always stays behind or above the hawk in flight.

I've put a lot of detail into this painting so you can get a good idea of the Blue Jays beautiful markings. Jays can live a long time. Cornell lab of Ornithology tells us Blue Jays have lived to be at least 17 years old.

This pair comes regularly to my bird feeder and are fond of sunflower seeds and nuts. In my yard they are quite tolerant of other birds at the feeder, but most birds will quickly defer to them because of their size and power.

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Three Antique Kid's Blocks

Three Antique Kid's Blocks
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6 in X 8 in (15.2 cm X 20.3 cm) original acrylic painting on hand primed board $125. w/free shipping in US & Canada

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The three blocks shown in this painting are from three different sets of antique toy blocks. Over the years of searching for still life objects I've done some research on the different objects used from the toy box.

The large block on the left is from a set produced by The Embossing Company of Albany, NY., and were probably made around 1900. The Embossing Co. is considered the originator of ABC blocks in America. Today this set is referred to as “Uncle Goose Blocks” and came in a cloth bag. The design for these blocks may have originated in Europe.

The red “A” block next to it was also first manufactured by The Embossing Company and were made in a set 30 and each block measured 1 3/4” square. These date from around 1915 and were call “harmless” because of the rounded corners. The slogan on the box said “Toys That Teach” because of the alphabet, pictures of many kinds of objects and the stories that were shown such as “The Three Bears” with a three on this block.

The third block on the top is from a set of Walt Disney blocks made in late 1920's or early 1930's. The box for this set calls them “Saf ety blocks and was made by Halsam Products Co. founded in 1917 in Chicago, Illinois. Halsam later took over The Embossing Company and made a smaller version of their ABC blocks.

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Fields of Wild Heather on the Highlands

Fields of Wild Heather on the Highlands
7" x 10" (17.78 cm x 25.4 cm) original acrylic painting on hand primed board
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Driving through heaths and highlands bring many surprises when fields of heather burst into view. Here the subtle beauty of wild heather in the foreground is a beautiful contrast to woods and cottage in the background.

I've been looking at the sketch of this image from last spring and finally needed to complete this painting to share with those who have enjoyed the feelings and memory of heather fields from long ago.

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