Commissions

 I have been approached to complete three commissions. All of them are of birds.  The first is of an Ibis requested from a former client who has a home in Florida.  For some time she has wanted a painting of a Florida bird.  A friend took a photo that she loved and asked if I would paint it.  

Ibis, 16"x20" Oil on Panel

As evident, I changed the background.  I plan to emphasize the clouds more.  My difficulty working with white is its transparency.  It takes may applications to create the bright white.  By then I have built up brush strokes that then interfere with the brightness.  Almost done with this.  Just a bit of refining.  

The other 2 commissions are one of a pair of crows and one of a nuthatch.  Crows are next