Introducing my newest painting:
"Flamingo in Florida."

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10.25.10

I based this painting on a some photos that I took at a zoo called Jungle Gardens that is in Sarasota, Florida. I saw the reflection of the palm trees in the water right behind this grooming flamingo and I was instantly drawn to the repetition in circular forms- from the drips of water to the curves in the flamingo's body and neck.  I knew that I was going to paint this guy.  And overall I am proud of the results.  I especially like the thick brushstrokes that make up his feather on his back and also the outcome of the drops of water.  I guess that looking at so much M. C. Escher as a kid must have seeped through somehow.  After all, he liked the drips too.

See this painting in progress here.

Detail of the painting.