Snowdrops in the Snow
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Cardinals on a Snowy Birdhouse
A male and female cardinal on a snow-covered two-storey birdhouse, surrounded by rowan berries.
About the work
- Style
- Representational wildlife painting with a folk-decorative feel.
- Medium
- Oil or acrylic on canvas.
- Palette
- A flat neutral grey ground that lets the red berries, the red male and the warm ochre female carry all the colour, with weathered grey wood.
- Composition
- Vertical. The birdhouse holds the central axis, berry branches frame all four edges, and the two birds sit on opposing diagonals.
- Technique
- Thick white impasto for the snow caps, dry-brush wood grain and berries dotted on in clusters.
- Mood
- Festive, wintry and decorative.
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