This ceramic bird is from my grandmother’s kitchen. It used to sit on the kerosene stove holding wooden wooden matches in it’s mouth hoping for a treat. I was always drawn to it as a kid. My Great grandmother and Grandmother lived in a little house by the railroad tracks. No hot water. No heated basement. When they washed the dishes they had to heat water in a kettle.
I placed it in this Robin’s nest amount some dried reeds. Sort of an exercise in focus. Mostly neutral color as I like it. Watercolor and gouache with some airbrush pushing the background back. I have a collection of bird nests for just an occasion like this.
Untitled ‘22
Watercolor and gouache on illustration board 10.5 x 12