I was going to take a day off art activities today, ha!
The muse rules.
I was having breakfast this morning out in the garden,
basking in the balmy autumn sun, when I espied a blackbird. It wasn’t just any blackbird. It was the lame blackbird with a withered leg. I hadn’t seen him all summer and assumed he
had gone to bird heaven. Ever since I
had moved into this house 4 years ago he has with his mate visited pecking away
at insects and worms that my garden provides.
I was so happy
to see him, I heard some squawking and looked up and sure enough there was his
mate on the washing line. She was
squawking a warning! One of my cats, Bro
was meandering along the path; he stopped and went into hunt mode. Then something miraculous happened! He suddenly sat up, made a peculiar chirpy
noise and the one legged blackbird hopped closer to him and its mate started to
sing!
I was speechless; Bro just sat there and watched the
little bird hop about collecting bits of worms from the grass. At one stage they were only about a metre
apart and Bro made no effort to hunt it.
So I had to go inside and do a sketch, well, a couple
of hours later the sketch turned into this journal page.
Yes, the muse rules!
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Sharon you did again! And now I must be earnest and ask you to work on some other media, that you can post and send off to customers! This piece is simply great! Yes I'm earnest! :-)
ReplyDeleteI want to buy!
Hugs from Ilona the silly Danish German
Thank Ilona, you are not silly! Actually I have been thinking only today to do a series of smallish (A4) paintings on canvas boards, They wouldn't be too expensive to post I imagine. I'll experiment and post on it in the near future. I too love this piece and could quite happily do it again on canvas board or perhaps heavy card.
DeleteSharon! What an adorable picture and a heartwarming story. I admire so much your use of colour. It is rainbowlike. So happy the little bird is well, that has made my day :) BTW Thanks for your lovely comments on my blog.
ReplyDeleteHe's a true survivor, nice painting!
ReplyDeleteLove that story and the journal pages are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you let the muse have her way! Wonderful piece and such a great story!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing story Sharon! Almost as if they were talking! I love that journalpage that came out of it.
ReplyDeleteLove this! It is really fantastic!
ReplyDeleteSharon they must have been friends some where along the line. I love the medium you used great piece of art indeed:)
ReplyDeleteManon x
Hello Sharon, I love this so much, it has such a style of its own! Lovely colors too! It's different and quite a unique piece, good job you listened to your muse. It all sounds like such a peaceful morning and so sweet! xx
ReplyDeleteI love your illustration - those beautiful colours you used and what a fantastic story - I love when animals make friends with each other against what we expect their nature to be!
ReplyDeletewe always called that chirping, charming. But I've never heard of a cat and bird becoming buddies! How sweet! I love your painting today and your cool story. Happy Easter!
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful story and the picture you did according to the cute animals scene is fantastic! I love your style so much!
ReplyDeleteGreat post and love your art creation ~ beautiful! Love it ^_^
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting and commenting ^_^
wow, I don't know which I like more - the awesome drawing or the touching story - how about both?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful page and a strange, wonderful story to go with it! Thank you! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great story. Your art is so quirky too. I wonder if your cat and the bird communicated in some way. It's very fascinating!
ReplyDeletehi Sharon, what a wonderful story. Love your journal page...great artwork. Love the expression on the birds face..it says it all..."don't even think about eating me"... Happy Easter x
ReplyDeletethis ia absolut adorale !
ReplyDeleteand I am longing for NZ ( in cause of your photoes above) ever since a saw the film " piano " by Jane Campion.
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Sharon I love love love this awesome couple...and that story. I feel the love in this piece...soooo cute!! I love the whimsy here...and that perfect moment between the cat and birds!!
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