{"id":6858,"date":"2018-04-29T18:26:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T01:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\/?p=6858"},"modified":"2023-10-30T11:37:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T18:37:12","slug":"pacific-wren-forest-gatekeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/pacific-wren-forest-gatekeeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Wren – Forest Gatekeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We were going down the trail the other day. Are you with me? And this little wren was carrying on an endless mouthy song right in front of us.  We walked right up to it. Not a moment of hesitation with this four-inch brown ball of chatter, its body about the size of my thumb. Right in front of me, it confronted my right to pass as if it owned the place!  Then I had a chance to examine the pile of stuff it was perched on – a Northwest forest for sure, with young wintergreen, ragbag lichens and some kind of leafy moss. I was struck with the complexity and beauty of that bit of complex airborne mat – probably more than I was with the little bird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A painting like this gives me a chance to look. Not just to see something, but actually to LOOK at it. The details of one small place on our planet, the way twigs and branches combine with moss and lichens to form a dense mat of living softness. Everything here jostles for space, egged on by lots of water falling from the sky. I just like to notice the details, such as how the sky color reflects off leaves, deep earth colors compete with each other, grays and greens combining from sky and foliage.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I put this in a custom mat and hemlock frame. It’s 12″ x 12″ outside measurements. If you’d like this painting, please email me at larry@larryeifert.com. <\/a> No gallery commission, so this one is $175 framed as you see it with a bit of postage added on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading this week.
Larry Eifert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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