Blackbird in Spring
I am excited that one of my favourite local shops, Stock Home Design, has a new location in Victoria! This painting and several others are on display there. Stop by if you are in the neighbourhood – 1312 Government Street!
Posts tagged ‘red-winged blackbird’
Nov 14
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Aug 22
Re-do
I was never happy with this painting so I decided to rework the background. The main focus should be the bird (which I like), but the background was much too busy for that to happen. I removed many of the blossoms, toned down the green and generally simplified the whole thing. I’m not sure it is a total success, but I do like the new version better.
BEFORE:
AFTER
Red-winged Blackbird and Cattails
This one is for sale on Daily Paintworks.
Nov 6
Coming in for a Landing
I’m not sure if I’m finished with this painting, but I don’t know what else to do with it. I like the bird, but it doesn’t seem to belong to the same world as the background. I think there are a couple of different styles going on. My solution – move on to something else.
Apr 15
Red-winged Blackbirds
Red-winged blackbirds 14″ x 11″
It took me a long time to finish this painting. I had trouble with the background. There were too many little shapes and colours and it was too complicated. This is the simplified version, so you can imagine how busy it was before. Not my favourite painting.
Red-winged Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird 8″ x 8″
I did something different with the background here. I’m not sure if I like it, or if it looks like some crazy 70’s wallpaper.
