I completed my latest work which features fledgling Cardinal. I was stunned a couple of weeks ago when I spotted one. Unexpected to me was the neutral and somewhat cool red-violet hue of the tiny bird, because adult Cardinals are red-orange and red-brown in hue. I was struck and in awe, and felt the sweet tiny creature would fit nicely into my latest work.
Here is the painting in its beginning stages from the July 24th post of this Blog: http://dawnhunterart.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-big-and-small-of-work.html
Fledgling, acrylic, ink and graphite on Yupo, 18" x 24"
detail of Fledgling
detail of Fledgling
The Fledgling by Edna Saint Vincent Millay
So, art thou feahered, art thou flown,
Thou naked thing?—and canst alone
Upon the unsolid summer air
Sustain thyself, and prosper there?
Shall no more with anxious note
Advise thee through the happy day,
Thrusting the worm into thy throat,
Bearing thine excrement away?
Alas, I think I see thee yet,
Perched on the windy parapet,
Defer thy flight a moment still
To clean thy wing with careful bill.
And thou are feathered, thou art flown;
And hast a project of thine own.
Thou naked thing?—and canst alone
Upon the unsolid summer air
Sustain thyself, and prosper there?
Shall no more with anxious note
Advise thee through the happy day,
Thrusting the worm into thy throat,
Bearing thine excrement away?
Alas, I think I see thee yet,
Perched on the windy parapet,
Defer thy flight a moment still
To clean thy wing with careful bill.
And thou are feathered, thou art flown;
And hast a project of thine own.
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