"Lady In Waiting"14" x 10" Oil on Canvas
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BAGATELLES:
The female cardinal doesn't get enough attention. Greeting cards, calendars and the like love to feature the adored male cardinal, but far too few see the beautiful in the subdued colors of the female.
I've been watching her for several days now. The couple has already bonded, so now they're getting busy nest-building to raise a family. She has a special loveliness at this time of the year. Since the colors aren't out yet, she still blends with the ground except when sunlight catching a portion of her feathers. Still it's more than her color. It's almost like she, along with all our feathered critters, awaits new life that Spring always brings.
MEANDERINGS:
Who's not ready for Spring! Seems to me the last few weeks of winter are times when paintings goes into limbo. This year that has been especially true. I thought at the beginning of winter that the lovely winter variations on gray would see me through the season, but they wore thin several weeks ago.
It's not so much wanting to see green again though I do look forward to it. I want to see life again--people working in their yards, kids playing in the park, flowers blooming everywhere. And I'm looking forward to watching baby buds flesh out into leaves, watching feathered parents as they feed their young, looking for the first hummingbird to appear and hearing Canada geese squaking as they fly overhead. Yep, I'm in Spring Watch mode! How about you?
I've been watching her for several days now. The couple has already bonded, so now they're getting busy nest-building to raise a family. She has a special loveliness at this time of the year. Since the colors aren't out yet, she still blends with the ground except when sunlight catching a portion of her feathers. Still it's more than her color. It's almost like she, along with all our feathered critters, awaits new life that Spring always brings.
MEANDERINGS:
Who's not ready for Spring! Seems to me the last few weeks of winter are times when paintings goes into limbo. This year that has been especially true. I thought at the beginning of winter that the lovely winter variations on gray would see me through the season, but they wore thin several weeks ago.
It's not so much wanting to see green again though I do look forward to it. I want to see life again--people working in their yards, kids playing in the park, flowers blooming everywhere. And I'm looking forward to watching baby buds flesh out into leaves, watching feathered parents as they feed their young, looking for the first hummingbird to appear and hearing Canada geese squaking as they fly overhead. Yep, I'm in Spring Watch mode! How about you?
9 Comments:
The lady cardinal you painted is simply pure pleasure to view. There has been a lady cardinal outside my window that I've enjoyed watching. Your Meanderings is very poetic today.
Thanks, Ann. Springtime approaching always makes me wax poetic. :)
Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter, your paintings are fantastic and this lovely lady Cardinal is no exception.
Beautiful! I'm drawn to the subtle. What a lovely piece.
Your portrait of Lady Cardinal is beautiful.
I agree with you on spring - after a couple months of the low energy of winter for painting I've felt a big shift creatively and energtically with the coming of spring.
Happy Spring!
Thanks, Liz. Let's hope the muse keeps perking.
Thanks, Bill. Or Liz. I never know which one of you is leaving messages, though I confess I should, by now, be able to recognize your style.
Thanks, Deb. Funny the extent to which seasons are internal as well as external.
Dianne I love your lady cardinal - just beautiful and so soft looking. They are one of my favorite birds - I have 3 sets maybe 4 that visit my feeders and bring me joy.
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