Archive | Birds
Baryshnikov Crane
Red Crowned Cranes II
I’m in love with these sacred birds of Japan…
Dancing for love…
Red-Crowned Cranes
These winter-y red-crested cranes, a sacred bird of Japan, are subdued after yesterday’s peacock, but I love their dignity and peacefulness.
The 100th bird…
100 birds in 100 days. I’m loving this practice, which feels very free, very experimental. I never know what a particular bird will ask for. I started this peacock today (it just seemed the right bird for Day 100) and something about the initial drawing in turquoise pencil took me back to my grandmother’s apartment with her cloisonné ashtrays. Cloisonné was the last thing on my mind when I woke up this morning …
Plumpster II
I’m so in love with this little guy that I simply had to do a second version. He was such a little fellow in such a big storm, plumped against the cold but unruffled — intrepid, birdly, brave. So here is Plumpster II …
Plumpster
As a rule, I don’t draw from other people’s photographs (though I shamelessly plunder wildlife videos). But when my friend Andrea Carlisle posted a photograph of a varied thrush that had landed on her deck after the recent snowstorm in Portland, I fell in love and couldn’t help myself. This one’s for you, dear friend. (Plumpster is Andrea’s word, and I love that, too.)
Loon
This bird is a birthday wish for my beloved sister-in-law Carolyn, who we all call Loon…
Landing…
