Celebration
by Holly Van Hart
Title
Celebration
Artist
Holly Van Hart
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
Birds will build their nests with whatever materials are available to them.
One spring when I was a girl, my mother sprinkled snippets of red yarn in the yard near our summer home. She then encouraged us to see what happened next. Sure enough, a bird built a nest using the beautiful red yarn. (Sure wish I had a photo of that now!)
In ‘Celebration’ the birds have built their nest with twigs and ribbons. To me, ribbons have a celebratory feel, hence the title of the painting.
This painting was created in phases over many months. It leverages what I learned about painting nests and eggs from the other Possibilities paintings, as well as reference photos for the ribbons.
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July 11th, 2014
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