I keep thinking this is the last of my "bird girl" series, and here we are with yet another one. I've amassed a lot of these by now, but this one is special in that the bird in it is my very own Paco, a red-lored Amazon parrot that I lived wih in New York and South Florida.
The latest bird girl portrait. It seems to complete a series I've been doing. I'm happy with this one.
I thought I was done with these bird girl portraits, but I guess not. Here's another one that wanted to come through, so I went with it. This will be included in the upcoming show, if it dries in time.
I've done a number of female portraits featuring little birds. Unlike the previous paintings which were all done on canvasboard, this one was done on a cradled panel. It is my first attempt to elevate this subject matter. Hopefully, more to come.
I set myself a task with this head study of keeping it loose, not getting fussy, keeping it under 2 hours to bash in, and using wax medium . I didn't go the full monty with the wax medium; that is, I didn't use the hot air gun for this one like I thought I might. I plan to do more of these, though, so I'm hoping I'll get more daring as I go. I'm not displeased with this one, for what it's worth. Might do it again larger as part of my bird girl series.
