For a treat on this Tuesday, some awesome bird art. It’ll break up the day, cause it’s really quite smart. Enjoy this eighth installment of our Birds Make the Art series.
Artwork by Alex Spinney
Philadelphia-based artist Spinney uses oil paints and glazes to create large-scale depictions of birds. She says she’s “fascinated by the representation and calculation of beauty and grandeur” and thinks of bird feathers as costume.
Artwork by Renée Dawson
Dawson is a Prince Edward County-based artist, portrait photographer, and lover of birds and nature. This mother of two recently switched from traditional drawing and acrylic/oil painting to digital fine art.
Artwork by Arlene Powers
Powers’ artwork comes from her passion for birds. “My exposure to the natural world,” she says, “has helped me realize that most of the plights of our feathered, furred, and scaled brothers and sisters are caused by humankind.”
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Previous Birds Make the Art posts:
May 1, 2012, artists Tracey Long, Jean Smith, and Michele Théberge
March 21, 2012, artists Ana Jones, PopcaPopca Studio, and Amanda Krauss
February 8, 2012, artist Claire Brewster
December 9, 2011, artists Tina Burke, Tricia Arnold, and Julie Ann Glenzinski
August 26, 2011, artists Tom Toro, Josh Durant, and Dinuk Magammana
June 23, 2011, artists Anne Wertheim, Rob Fulton, and Angela Rizza
February 24, 2011, artists Denise Marks, Mark Armstrong, and Kurt Swanson
Want to see your bird art on the Perch? E-mail Associate Editor Michele Berger at mwberger@audubon.org. Please include “Bird art” in the subject line.
