Wild Things Artwork |
| "Tern Talk" |
"Tern Talk" was created with watercolor pencils and water soluble wax pastels on an 16" x 24" Ampersand Pastelbord. This piece has been selected one of the Top 100 Winners in the 2008 PaintAmerica competition.
"Tern Talk" is based on a group of terns I photographed extensively at the beach at Sebastian Inlet, FL, over the Thanksgiving holiday 2007. I lay on the beach for some half an hour watching these birds interact with other. A select few of these birds engaged in a kind of squawking behavior, always directed at one individual bird. For me, it looked like "she" was giving "him" a piece of her mind, saying "if you would only. . . and if you had just . . ." while he just gazed out over the ocean as if he didn't hear a word of it!
This piece was selected to be part of the 16th Annual Colored Pencil Society of America International Exhibition, which will be held at the Gallery, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA, July 2 - September 29, 2008.
"Tern Talk" was also part of the Art Splash on the Trail, Graham, TX, May 17 - June 6, 2008.