I've been asked to post my bird series paintings, so here they are.

[Ocelot II]

These have already been posted one at a time, over a series of many months when completed, but here's the lot all together, reduced in size for bandwidth conservation. Not sure if I want to keep doing birds or maybe do an arthropod series?

Goldfinch


Nuthatch


Downy Woodpecker


Loggerhead Shrike with prey


Magpie


Sandhill Crane


Cedar Waxwing


Belted Kingfisher


Atlantic Puffin

[Irish_Dem]

1. These are beautiful Ocelet.

At first I thought they were photographs, they are so real looking.

[sheshe2]

2. Those are amazing!

They look like photographs.

[MLAA]

3. These are fantastic!

All wonderful, but my personal favorites are Goldfinch, Downy Woodpecker and damn I realized I was in the process of listing them all.

The branch the Downy Woodpecker is sitting is perfect yet doesn’t take away from the main attraction. The Cedar Waxing is exquisite and the same, the background is wonderful and supports not distracts from the star.

I look forward to seeing more as you finish them! How about a hummingbird?

[Think. Again.]

4. Beautiful Work!

[Trueblue1968]

5. Your pantings are sooooooo beautiful.

[Polly Hennessey]

6. I thought they were photographs. I am speechless.

They are beautiful.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

7. Absolutely gorgeous!

[MN2theMax]

8. Wow!

Really excellent work. I thought these were nice photographs, very lifelike paintings. Thank you for sharing these.

[bif]

9. Really wonderful work!

[3catwoman3]

10. You are SO talented!

I especially like the goldfinch and the downy woodpecker.

[2naSalit]

11. Wow!

Those are excellent! They look like photos.

[democrank]

12. So beautiful

Thank you

[Demobrat]

13. Wow. I am in awe.

If I saw these in a gallery I would buy one if I could afford it. I love birds.
That woodpecker….
Just wow.

[AllaN01Bear]

14. eggscllent.

[Aaeia]

15. WOW

Just. WOW!!!!

[Lonestarblue]

16. All are amazing! You have real talent

[spooky3]

17. Outstanding! Nt

[denvine]

18. Wow! Stunning!

[femmedem]

19. Just gorgeous, Ocelot.

Stunningly gorgeous. I feel as if I'm looking at a rare 19th-century book of bird illustrations.

I don't know which I love more: the beauty of the birds, who feel so alive, or the beauty of the artist's patient observation, which is just as visible as the birds.

[Ms. Toad]

20. Gorgeous!

I especially like the first three!

[Ocelot II]

21. Thank you all for your kind words of encouragement!

Maybe I'll do a few more birds. Wish I could take my own photos that were good enough to use as references. Audubon and many others painted directly from real birds before the days of photography, except that the birds were dead. I'll stick to photographs...

[Goddessartist]

22. These are all so gorgeous!

You have such talent - such an eye!

Thank you for sharing! I love the Kingfisher especially, as my Z photographs them here quite often. But also the cedar waxwing, and the puffin, and, and well you know I love them all!