Parrot at Rest

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.”  Alongside  “Parrot Landing”, this was the other one.

Having spent a lot of time capturing birds in flight, this one stood out as a much more tranquil image and I just happened to have bought the right canvas to paint it onto.