Fancy Rooster... Daily Painting

Other than horses... I LOVE chickens... and when I say I love chickens, I mean I collect roosters, chickens and it has gotten me to appreciate Americana decor, because roosters just fit right in!

I love the colors they come in and they leave the possibilities for artists completely open to exlpoit! I take a different approach to roosters in general. My paintings of Roosters often emerge as being a little bit fantasy... I love exagerated Tail feathers that fall in long streams, big arching feathers that are akin to a peacock... BIG huge red combs and wattles...

Roosters are also a culturally universal animal as every major culture respects and admires chickens and roosters. I wanted to paint a Rooster that was really different, fantastic really, so I chose an unusual position for him. It fits really well on the 12x18" Gallery Wrapped canvas it is on. I also wanted it to be a touch abstract. So I worked with quick lose strokes and let the paint do as it likes.

Using lots of thick paint adds texure and detail. So I used a ton of thick paint, which in person, creates a very marvelous feather effect. The painting is currently at auction on Ebay, and my ID is BranderArt.com so please, look it up if you like it!

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Daily Paintings... "Blondes and Brunettes"

OK, the weekend is when I creatively have the most time... This painting was done on the weekend of the 17th of February, 2008.

So this weekend I set about in a creative mood, and painted these two paintings from start to finish...

The first one I did was a painting called "Blondes and Brunettes", which is a darling painting of a buckskin horse and a palomino horse together. This is a painting in the series I am dedicating to my best friend, who recently passed away at age 30.

I have known and loved this girl since I was 4 years old, known her for 24 years. So to honor each year that I knew her, I am going to paint a painting...

So here it is... painting number 2... In the series I call "Friendship".

I love the colors in this painting, lots of deep emotionally charged colors, reds, burgundy, pinks, oranges and just the warmth of yellow added... I hope this painting finds a great home!