Katrina Small Studios Animals

Portraits

Landscapes/Plein air

"Lambs", pastel on sanded paper	"Lambs", watercolor/p
"Ducklings", oil
"Swallowtail Butterfly" watermedia/p	"Yellow Butterfly" watermedia/p
"Light Blue Butterfly" watermedia/p	"Mothy Blue Butterfly" watermedia/p
"Monarch Butterfly" watermedia/p	"Buteo" w/p. In private collection

You Moo've Me
"You Moo've Me" w/p

Egret
"Egret" w/p

"Murphy" p/p SOLD

Seagull
"Seagull" w/p

"Snowy Cardinal" w/p

"We Three Cows" a/c SOLD

"Bird on a Wire" w/p

"Can You Resist Me?" p/p

"Pond Frog" w/p
In private collection

"How To Raise a Happy Cow" watermedia/p "Herd it Through the Grapevines" watermedia/p "Brown Thrasher" w/p SOLD
"White Crane" w/p
"Breezy Seagull" w/p SOLD	"Jay Bird" w/p
"Little Hummer" w/p SOLD
"Breezy Seagull #2" o/b	"Fish Chase" a/b

Animals! So fun to paint! It's lambing time right now, here in Sonoma County. Here's an experiment in one subject done in several media's.

I've come to really enjoy painting birds! I love the realistic center of interest with an abstract backgound.

The poem below goes with the "Ducklings" painting.

"With downy feathers,
and playful delight,
Ducklings swim ‘fore
they take flight.
In circles ‘round on
deep blue lake,
Watch them splash
and droplets make."
© Katrina Small

While I paint a particular subject, I like to read about it as well; it adds to the feeling that is transferred into the painting, and contributes to my painting enjoyment.

Painting can really be an education!