It has been 19 years since I had the idea for this painting. While on the east coast I saw a bluejay near a white picket fence. Bluejays are birds I grew up in Rhode Island but are only rare visitors to Washington State where I live now.
It's hard to say why it has taken so long for this piece to wind up on my easel, though I didn't figure out the setting (the garden and the fence) until inspired by a garden in New England two years ago.
The
background looks black in this quick phone photo but it is actually a
deep green.
I used Rembrandt Sap green, Richeson Cobalt Green Deep,
Richeson Hansa Yellow, and a touch of Rembrandt Burnt Umber. The effect
is almost a dark green suede.
Some of the plant leaves are painted so they appear to either emerge from or disappear into the background.
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