Date: 2014
Medium: oil and metal leaf on canvas
Size: 48" x 60"
Description:
“Perch of Gold”, oil and metal leaf on canvas, 48” x 60”
I spent several wonderful winter afternoons sketching, photographing, being mesmerized and bedazzled by the collection of macaws at the Columbus Zoo. The hours of observation also allowed me the privilege of seeing the trust and contentment the birds had with their keepers and the keepers’ regard for these magical birds.
It is this relationship between the birds and their keepers/trainers that inspired me to perch the birds on a wall of gold. I wanted to find a way of visually expressing the richness of their contentment.
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