{"id":10532,"date":"2023-04-26T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/?p=10532"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:21:16","slug":"under-the-maple-an-acrylic-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/2023\/04\/under-the-maple-an-acrylic-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Maple – an acrylic painting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sorry, this is sold.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A very personal painting for me, as these birds live with us in our little meadow here. I know them well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Varied Thrushes are cousins to  American robins, which we also have. They’re at home on the ground in the forest, kicking leaves around looking for insects or berries – while robins tend to live in the open. We have many of these guys right here in our little patch of forest. In Fall through Spring, they can almost disappear when the maples and alders drop their leaves and look exactly the same camouflaged colors. The trillium in bloom shows it’s spring, the big-leaf maple leaves haven’t decomposed yet from last fall, the birds are brighter than normal sporting their breeding colors. I couldn’t resist putting it all together to make a painting based on a Mar’s red base color.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Here’s the link for the little 4-minute video I made about my process.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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