crow shapes

i started a couple of small paintings (8"x12" & 3"x3") over the weekend. i am full of good blogging intentions - and plan to dutifully post pics of these as they progress.

these two little ones are part of rather large series of paintings done from audubon's birds of north america.

his distorted bird shapes are just fascinating, yes i know it's because he was posing dead birds.

it's hot here... and it's all about thunderstorms, backyard cooking, lots of electric fans and bare feet.