Magee Marsh Birds

Red Tail Hawk (Immature)

The friendly folks at the Shaker Lakes Nature Center helped me identify this beautiful bird.

Fall and Spring...................Frozen

It was raining on and off through the night and then the temperature dropped. The next morning I found every single branch encased in ice! I found this tree which had spring leaves emerging from the same branch that still had a brown fall leaf hanging on. It looked like three seasons preserved in one shot until the sun peaked out and the sky turned blue...Now the quartet was complete. I just needed some Vivaldi as I got immersed in this scene.

Sunset in Florida

Update: This is a photograph. Under the label section (at the bottom of a post) I usually indicate whether the picture is a painting or a photograph.

More Autumn Pictures

Fall

IF: Visitors (also my first en plein air painting)

This is the first painting I completed outdoors. It is a 12X18 inches acrylic on canvas painted at the Tree House in the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, Cleveland.
I feel at peace when I am here. Apart from nature lovers, frequent visitors who come to this tree house are, downy woodpeckers, robins, cedar waxwings, cardinals and a host of other beautiful birds.

White Easter

Fullersburg Park, Oak Brook

Illustration Friday: Jungle

This painting is a work in progress. I started this last year. Do not know when I shall finish it.

30 X 48 inches
Acrylic on Canvas

First fall painting

This is the first painting I painted in the first year of my being in the United States (4 years ago). Also, this is my first "big" painting. I had never before attempted anything on 24X36 inches canvas. I found the process very daunting and the end result not very satisfying. I look forward to hearing suggestions for improvement from you. Thank you.

Spring Paintings

A couple of my friends got married in the past few months and I wanted to gift them paintings. Being lazy, I decided to paint three versions of the same painting. The advantage of having different versions of the same is that one can experiment with techniques and composition and see what pleases the eye best.


Now, I have a request: Could you try and rank the versions based on your preference? Through your honest feedback I would love to see what works best. If time permits, also explain why you prefer one over the other. Based on the results I will paint the same painting in a bigger canvas. Ready to vote?

Another Fall Painting

Sorry to be uploading fall paintings in Spring! Haven't done much lately.

Fire Hydrant and Fiery Tree

Sunset in California

Well, actually the scenery that I saw and photographed did not involve a sunset but I just painted the same place to look like the sun had set.

P.S: Forgot to mention that my sister's input went into the creation of the sky in here!