Looking for a hippo...

Fresh off of the easel, not even dry yet...


"Black and Green (Black-crowned Night Heron, juvenile)"
Oil on 1/2" prepared maple
12 x 24

Available exclusively through Lovetts Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma - www.lovettsgallery.com

I started this painting awhile back and it simply went off and on the easel over several months because of other commitments but last week I was able to finish it up. The reference for this piece came from a visit to the National Zoo in Washington DC where I was looking for my friend and fellow artist Paul Rhymer's Hippo sculpture that was installed at the zoo. While looking for his work I stumbled on to an exhibit that a bunch of Black-crowned Night Heron's apparently live at - no they are not zoo animals but birds that have chosen to live there. I was very taken with all of the green reeds and the herons that were creeping through them.

I hope you enjoy the painting!

  

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