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I believe this hen was more interested in food than showing off her beautiful speckled feathers.  In fact I doubt that she is even aware of her appearance but what do I know about the chicken world.  I am just imagining that she is strutting her stuff because she is a stand out in the hen house.  Does she attract more attention from the other hens or just from the humans?  It's just some idle pondering on my part.

Due to the limitations and inconsistencies of various display monitors, the colors you see on your screen may not be a totally accurate reproduction of the actual painting but I work to get the best likeness possible.

(C) Deborah A. Kirkeeide

The Privy

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On our travels to Arizona this past winter we stopped at a ghost town where I saw this little privy.  It was a real true old west ghost town but unfortunately closed at the time we arrived.  It had so many cool buildings that I wanted to photo but couldn't get close enough or the right angle from the protective fence.  But the privy was close enough to photo and had such character.  I love the wood, the only thing missing is the moon on the door but I never thought about adding it.  What can I say, I thought it would be fun to paint and so I did.

Snow Day

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A friend let me use her photo of the snowman she helped create with her grandchildren.  I love the unusual looking snowman, he really has his own personality don't you think?  The visual contrast of the light on the pristine snow in the background compared to the shadows and bootprints in the foreground make an interesting composition.

Mischievous Santa's

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These Santa's are some ornaments I made years ago.  After setting them up to paint they looked so naughty as if they were getting ready to play with a forgotten Christmas ornament and watching to see if anyone was around.  Or maybe they knocked the ornament off the tree and were watching to see if they had been discovered.  Either way they look very mischievous.

Olive Contemplation

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Olives are great fun to paint, I don't know why I haven't used them more often.  There is something about the composition with the olives and polka dotted cup in the background that works.  This is an older piece that I painted before setting up my blog and DPW so I'm posting it now.  When first starting to paint small I painted on canvas panels and looking back I'm enjoying the texture.  Suddenly I'm fired up to try more canvas panels!

Art work makes great Christmas gifts!