• Artwork,  Fauna - Feathers and Fur

    Call of the Raven finished

    It is always an exciting part of the painting adventure to call a painting finished.  I looked over the “Call of the Raven” numerous times and then called in my critiques er family to scrutinize.  I appreciate their honesty, fresh eyes and ability to see what I may be missing or just not seeing anymore. The happy moment is when a painting passes the family test. I have been hunting crows and ravens with my camera for a few years now with a series in mind.  This is the first of that work.   I delivered this painting into my framer and asked Mario to order in enough of the same moulding for…

  • Artwork,  Fauna - Feathers and Fur,  My Painting Process

    Call of the Raven

    I admit that from the moment I started planning this raven painting that I was unsure what to title it.  While I was uploading photos of the work in progress it occurred to me to name it “Call of the Raven”. This makes sense as it is certainly cawing about something. I did quite a bit of research with my good friend Google to find out “what do you call a group of ravens?”   The search came back with a few possibilities such as “unkindness, constable, conspiracy and parliament”. I played with “Call to Parliament” but when I tested it with a few friends they really didn’t understand it…