Tuesday, April 22, 2014

What is it about chickens?

"Comb Over" / pastel / 9.5x7
Whenever I go to the fair I love to visit the chickens with all their color combinations and feather styles, bright floppy combs, and non-stop chicken chatter. Raising chickens in your backyard has become a popular urban activity and in Portland you can have up to three in your yard without a permit. The neighbors behind us have chickens and I enjoy hearing them cluck around doing their chickenly business. I eat an egg almost every day for breakfast so maybe I should get a chicken. But I travel a lot and then I'd have to get a chicken-sitter so I guess that's out. The models for today's paintings come from my daughter and her family's farm in Shelton, Washington. Although they seem a little curious about my motives, I have nothing but admiration for my fine feathered friends.

"The Line Up" / pastel / 7x9.5
"Me and My Shadow" / pastel / 7x9.5


2 comments:

  1. Love how you've pushed the color in these, Sarah!

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  2. Thanks, Ruth! I've been thinking about a trip out to your place to photograph sheep. Bet the babies are growing fast.

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