I love to work in series and owls are a favorite subject of mine that I return to often. In this latest series I am combining painting in acrylic with collage of vintage papers of which I have an over abundance! Late last year I did this one:
A barn owl in a night time moon lit flight, all the feathers in the wings were individually cut from vintage papers and applied with Gouldens Soft Gel. The painting was done with liquid acrylics and the stars white acrylic ink.
It took me a long time to organize my thought process with this one and I kept trying to set it up precisely beforehand but kept stumbling around with bits and bobs of cut paper floating everywhere.
Finally I settled on simply cutting a few and attaching, then moving to the next few until the wing shape was completed. And I had a wonderful time making it!
For this next one, my process was the same, but with the addition of some pressed flower petals that were gifted me. As soon as I saw them I knew that I wanted to collage with them.
The underside of a barn owl is very white but the top of the wing is a beautiful shade of brown and the papers and petals worked together beautifully.
The soft light of a crescent moon guides this owl in his night time hunt.
Instead of astrology symbols in the sky I used different moon glyphs that I researched.
This barn owl is indeed standing tall and proud and assured in the passing of time.
This painting was done to participate in the Arts Mid Hudson Show that opens tomorrow night called,
Artists Respond to Poetry
https://artsmidhudson.org/
