Birds of Prey
This year Iām using images of the Raven and Osprey as a metaphor for disquieting thoughts of mortality, a theme often found in Zen Buddhism.
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I like Ravens and osprey especially because they are not pretty birds, they are obtrusive, disruptive, disturbing birds, meant to be listened to.
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Over the years, I have traveled thru many media. The underlying aesthetic current has always been gestural movement.
Raven after the Fire
oil and chalk pastel
Raven over the Snowy Vast
oil and chalk Pastel
A Scholar in the Wilderness
Agitated by a stray thought
Restrained by a Bird.
oil pastel
Preening Raven
oil pastel
Bird without a Wire
oil and chalk pastel
White Raven has a Moment
Oil and chalk pastel
Raven Searches the Badlands for Signs of Life
chalk pastel
Margritte's Bird Hovers over the Bighorns
at Night
Chalk pastel and colored pencil
Margritte's Bird Hovers over the Bighorns by Day
chalk pastel and colored pencil
Decision
oil and chalk pastel
Osprey at Dawn
chalk pencil and chalk pastel