I decided to paint a crow this weekend for a few reasons. Firstly, I am working on a secret commission or three that I cannot share. And it is so close to Halloween I really needed to paint a corvid!
Here is the thing
We have many crows in our yard. They watch us when we BBQ. They sit on the power lines and look at us. They watch us when we are on our deck in case we may be eating. They watch us when we are eating. One crow in particular, this is pretty cool… keeps one eye on us. When we look up it does this spy thing and tries to look nonchalant, inconspicuous – incognito. Should we dare drop a tidbit the routine gets really amusing. It will look away. Watches. Then when we look away, it will fly down so casually, steal the bite away. It’s a game we play.
Crow Crow Crow
Sometimes we feed them. Because it is hard not to. I stand in the back driveway and call crow, crow, crow. Then they nonchalantly appear and wait until we turn our backs to come in for the tidbits. Again, it’s a game we play.
Habit forming
I paint corvids. Every chance I get. Below is a collage of a few of them. There are many more and a few not shown are award winners.
Until next time, Happy Halloween
I love every single one of your crow paintings.
Thank you Jenn. I am very happy you do
Your portraits are Beautiul!! Look at these wonderful personalities! Such characters and SO smart! Do any of them bring you treasures? They are very generous.
Thank you so much Sue. They watch me quite intently. I love it when they play nonchalant – shows how smart they are. No treasures yet. Just their undeniably quirky personalities.