Susan McDonell

"Blue Jay" Original Oil Painting by Susan McDonnell, Avian Art

2021

Morgan Cameron’s (US based) “Break From Flight” is an oil painting on panel that depicts a bird perched on a branch with fruit. This painting is unframed, but ready to hang. Abou...

Christopher Clark's "New Destinations" is an original, handmade oil & acrylic painting that depicts an abstracted landscape with a bright sunset and a bird taking off in flight. Chr...

Artist Commentary: I have been asked numerous times by my loyal customers to create more holiday winter cards of my paintings. As I was looking outside my window in this month of March, the snowy scenes in front of me were an ideal inspiration for me. And to make things even better for my creative juices, Paris had just been covered a few weeks before by a couple inches of snow. This happens very rarely and the whole city was paralysed. Parisians were unhappy, as always, but Paris under the snow is magnificent. I asked my good parisian friend to share with me the pictures she took of Paris under the snow. Between the winter view from my window and my friend’s pictures, I had enough material to immerse myself into this project. In 3 weeks, I created 8 paintings and I had the best time of my life!!! I wish I could do that all the time. I painted holiday lights, ornaments, some snow, and I even had an american cardinal in snowy Paris!!! I felt right at home between my 2 countries: France and the US! What wintery scenes or holiday scenes do you find magnificent? Words that describe this piece: snow, tree, blue jay...

Dina Brodsky pairs gouache and watercolor to achieve the luster of her subject's plumage. The rich royal blue reflects in a dreamy glow off the bird's perch. Each carefully defined f...