Parrot Landing

Description

Fitted with D rings and ready to hang.

The reference photo for this painting was taken several years beforehand in Boughton on the Water.  There were a couple of resident parrots whizzing around the place while we were eating our lunch so, naturally I spent a lot of time juggling between my sandwiches and my camera.  At least I managed to keep biting the right one!

When I processed the shots from that holiday there were a couple of photos of these parrots that struck me hard enough to say, “One day I’m going to have a go at painting these.”  This was one of them.

Until this point I had never really ‘clicked’ with painting.  My best work was always produced using black ink pointillism, so I kind of knew that “one day” would be some time off yet … and it was.  It finally arrived during the first Covid Lockdown and I count myself very lucky to have been in a position to do this during such a horrible time for many people.  I had time on my hands and was able to focus well enough to work on this until I was happy with the result.  I tried to capture the energy and freedom the parrot displayed while we were there and this is the one that got me hooked on painting.