IF – Song

November 22, 2009 in drawing | 15 comments

We moved into our house about two months ago and because we are bordering on the edge of a mountain and a national park we are waken each morning by a dawn chorus. I have always had a fascination with birds, as a child my father had two huge aviaries of birds under the apple tree close to the back door. They were canaries and budgerigars and there was always a sweet sound coming from the cages.  I spent hours just watching them.

So now it has become a delightful task to try identity the ones that visit our backyard and who we greet the day with. One of them is a ‘Pied Currawong’. which is widespread  down the Eastern coast of a Australia.

Pied Currawong

Pied Currawong

  1. Detlef’s avatar

    Detlef’s avatarDetlef on November 22, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    Cool rendition. My father also had aviaries when I was a kid, guess that fascination with birds is hard to shake.

  2. Asja’s avatar

    Asja’s avatarAsja on November 23, 2009 at 2:40 am

    beautiful work!

  3. studio lolo’s avatar

    studio lolo’s avatarstudio lolo on November 23, 2009 at 3:07 am

    This bird reminds me of the Brewer’s Blackbirds we had in Calif.

    Wonderful, striking picture!

    Stop by if you have a chance. Great minds think alike!

  4. Kaili’s avatar

    Kaili’s avatarKaili on November 23, 2009 at 6:18 am

    Lovely work Sandra, and great to meet another Brissie artist

  5. valgalart’s avatar

    valgalart’s avatarvalgalart on November 23, 2009 at 7:20 am

    very beautiful! I love in a State Park and the crows abound!

  6. Evelyn’s avatar

    Evelyn’s avatarEvelyn on November 23, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    At first glance it looks like a crow… but I guess the beak is slightly different? Love yr background.

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    Caroline Soer’s avatarCaroline Soer on November 23, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    Sandra, this a super image! I love birds ! Thanks for passing by my blog, I appreciate your nice comment!

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    Hannah M’s avatarHannah M on November 23, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    Thank you very much for your comments on my blog. I was actually going to comment on your work yesterday,before I posted my work but didn’t get around to it! I love it! The painting is beautiful and the background works perfectly.

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    khwhitaker’s avatarkhwhitaker on November 24, 2009 at 1:04 am

    Love this image, simple , but not too simple

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    suzan’s avatarsuzan on November 24, 2009 at 6:35 am

    Sandra – lovely painting. Your place sounds beautiful, too.

  14. Penny’s avatar

    Penny’s avatarPenny on November 28, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    You are so clever, makes me think of home, and I am so happy that you restarted the blog!

    D arrives tomorrow and I could not be more excited! lots of love to you, counting the days to your visit too, make sure you pull out the woolies, it is very cold!. xoxo p

  15. Sarah’s avatar

    Sarah’s avatarSarah on November 30, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    I love this one, such a beautiful color palette!

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