Birds of a Feather
(8” x 24”, oil on canvas)

After doing a few bird “pairs”, I could not resist doing a larger grouping.

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Fruit Jewels
(8” x 16”, oil on canvas)

As the Merlin hawks take over our back yard, scaring away the chickadees, I return to still life with one of my favourite subjects. I never tire of painting these beauties, particularly when I can find them with stem and leaf intact.

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Bird on Poppy Bud
(8” x 8”, oil on canvas)

To be perfectly truthful, it is goldfinches that I see perched on the poppy bulbs. It is always such a charming sight that I decided yet again, to make liberal use of my artistic license to change one bird for another.


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Fence Sitter
(8” x 10, oil on canvas)

We have a very old and weather-beaten fence in our backyard. It leans this way and that and has been repaired more often than I can remember; and we love it. The birds love it too and can often be spotted darting in and about the holey planks.


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Seed Jar
(8” x 8”, oil on canvas)

My father keeps a jar of sunflower seeds handy on his porch to refill his feeder. It is not unusual for some of the more impatient chickadees to help themselves directly from this jar. The brave little souls will actually fly into the container to get a seed.


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Party Line
(8” x 16”, oil on canvas)

I am, once again, stretching the truth by lining up four chickadees. I’ve never seen more than two side by each, but I believe these four make a pretty little gathering. When I see the chickadees chattering away near the feeder in our hawthorn tree, I imagine them exchanging news and catching up on the days events.


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The Courtship
(8” x 10”, oil on panel)

Belle
(8” x 8”, oil on panel)

Half the fun of painting my little chickadees is finding suitable titles that aim to hint at a bigger story. These two were easy! 


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