It’s Getting Late - White-crowned Sparrow

10 inches wide x 10 inches high

What caught my attention were the elements of contrast in the scene. The grasses are warm in the late afternoon sun, the sparrow is a cool gray. The bird is round and fluffed out as the temperature cooled while the grasses and seed pods are sharp and angular.

Permanent Collection
Bennington (Vt.) Center for the Natural and Cultural Arts

Award Winner - Best Painting
“Visions of America”
American Academy of Women Artists
Bennington (Vt.) Center for the Natural and Cultural Arts
July - September, 2007