Carolina Wren

Yesterday, after finishing a larger piece, I painted this study of a Carolina Wren. I have several wrens that hang around my house. One pair has nested on a shelf in my garage. I don't have the heart to take the nest out, especially while it is cold.

Carolina Wren, 5" x 7", oil (click to bid)

I have a seed feeder and a suet feeder right outside of my studio. Also in this area is where I stack my winter wood supply for my wood stove. The wrens really go for the suet and are constantly flitting around the wood pile looking for seed and small, moving, crunchy critters. This is where this scene originated.

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Tufted Titmouse study

Tufted Titmouse study, 5" x 7", oil (click to bid)

Birds are one of my favorite subjects to paint. Even though I also paint still life, figurative, and landscape, it can be argued that avian paintings are what I am best known for. My web page devoted to bird paintings is certainly the largest of my online collections. Indeed, my first attempts at painting involved birds.

The bird in this small study is a Tufted Titmouse which is one of my favorite songbirds. They are quite abundant in my area and a common visitor to my feeder where they accompany chickadees, nuthatches, and woodpeckers. I try to keep the feeder full as I find that a yard full of birds gives life to your home.

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Ralph