The Garden

 

Acrylic on DaVinci Pro Panel, 12x12"

Playing with palette knives and abstracted images again with subject matter from my gardens, the painting is treated as a collage with a little story included.  We had a fancy pigeon that must have escaped and decided our yard was a good place to visit for the summer.  Looking him up on the internet I believed him to be a Saxon Pouter, he had these huge white feathers on his feet.  He always came for a meal of birdseeds, sunflower seeds, a drink, sometimes a bath and then a nap on top of the birdhouse in the painting.    He picked the birdhouse as his very own roost, chasing the little wrens away who had started a nest.  So there he sits next to the birdhouse for all time.  He became so familiar I had to give him a name, Sammy.  I miss him, he flew off when it started to get cold, his visits always cheered me.  I hope he found a safe warm place somewhere for the winter.  Maybe he returned home.

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©