I originally painted the robin in record time (15 minutes) in response to a challenge from my art teacher, Brian Simmonds. I was very surprised (and happy) with the result, although I had to make the bird thinner as he looked as though he’d eaten too much Christmas pudding! Adding in the background and the post he’s sitting on took much longer to finish. The Christmas card had snow on the top of the post that I didn’t include – I did try but couldn’t get the colour of it right, that very pale icy blue.
Last weekend, I took part in the Artists’ Great Garage Sale at Freight Gallery in Fremantle, and one of the things I sold is the original of this painting. I know the person who bought it and she’s going to give it to her daughter in Canada for Christmas … so my art will be introduced to another country!
I thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition opening at Freight Gallery last week and fell in love with the robin pastel at first sight.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to your Christmas exhibition opening at Fidels, Essex St, Fremantle on Fri Dec 7th - meanwhile, packing up Robin safely for his long 'flight'to Canada.
xx Linda