Saturday, May 4, 2013

The Lone Ranger

This is a beautiful twisted piece of driftwood I brought home one time from our land in Cape Breton. We attached it to the deck railing to hang a bird feeder from. It's received LOADS of traffic. I love the simplicity of this composition. In fact I have lots of other reference photos of the grackles on this 'pole' and I'm thinking they'd look great on some larger tall narrow canvases. Here's the musical inspiration as I painted. Love it!
Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
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2 comments:

  1. The Model Speaks
    Once upon a daytime dreary,
    the artist pondered me, the weary,
    now that she knew my name wasn't
    Raven, of that long forgotten lore.
    While my neck glistened with a blue
    she picked up on this subtle hue,
    and with her oil brush she drew,
    painting like it was no chore.
    "It grackles fine art," I muttered,
    while perching on my driftwood floor,
    "it's only me, nothing more,
    The Lone Stranger, just me,
    nothing more, nevermore."

    With a nod to Edgar Allen Poe's
    The Raven
    Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
    Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
    While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
    As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
    "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door-
    Only this, and nothing more."

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  2. absolutely perfect composition and use of color. as always, outstanding work!

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