Perch
Sparrow
Darwin's Finch
The Way To San Jose
Blackbird Bramble
Blackbird Bramble
8x8", Oil on panel
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This image seems fitting, as we head into the last week of October. Something about this images reminds me of old fairy tales. Like something out of Grimm.
I've been interested in birds lately, keeping an eye out for them. I've been taking photos of birds gathering on power lines and tree tops. I'm sure that the images will find their way into my paintings.
When I began this painting, I wanted the surface to feel like an old fresco. Instead of my usual smooth surface over canvas or panel, I began by adding a layer of spackle, which then was coated with a layer of gesso. The surface was exactly what I wanted: textured and highly absorbent. My oil glazes played off of the surface that gave me that old world and mysterious look that I was after.
Bird on a branch
Taking a Moment
©2011 Giselle Gautreau
Encaustic paint on panel
4x4"
This painting is on view at Many Hands Gallery, in Capitola CA
I have 13 paintings there for their Birds & Bees exhibit.
May & June, 2011
Observed: Bird On A Wire
Observed
©2011 Giselle Gautreau
Oil on panel, 6"x6"
On view at Redtree Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
March 8 through April 2, 2011