A big flock of Unruly Birds on the horizon!

Woohoo!  My very first painting exhibit is coming up.

In May I agreed to complete 30 paintings in 30 days. The result was a huge flock of wildly colorful and frankly silly UNRULY BIRDS.  Opening night is Friday, July 9 (6-9pm) at Avanti Art & Design (7317 Greenwood Ave.) as part of the July Greenwood/Phinney Artwalk. There will be beverages and snacks and lots of other artists' work, so please stop by.

A seriously unruly tower of unruly birds:

This ceramic statue was the inspiration for the squawking unruly birds.  Basically art imitating art imitating life...

A typical conversation amongst avian royalty:

A whole smorgasbord of unruliness:

Unruly Sitting Birds

Unruly Perched Birds

Unruly Talkative Birds

I clipped out these words from a very old book of nursery rhymes.  Some of them are REALLY dark and disturbing.  What the heck is "chop-a-nose" day?  It was SO odd I felt compelled to use it.  If the information I googled is correct, it refers to the little game where you pretend to catch a little kid's nose between your fingers.  Seems like telling a toddler you are chopping off his nose might result in some scary dreams...

Unruly Encaustic Bird and Unruly Friend

Unruly Pink and Purple Birds

Unruly Birthday Birds

Is there no end to these Unruly Birds?

Seemingly endless Unruly Birds from my 30/30 collection:

Another Flock of Unruly Birds

Another flock of Unruly Birds from my 30/30 collection:

Still More Unruly Birds

Still more Unruly Birds from my 30/30 collection:

More Unruly Birds

Yet more Unruly Birds from my 30/30 collection:

Unruly Birds

More Unruly Birds from my 30/30 collection:

30 Unruly Birds in 30 Hectic Days

I signed up to paint 30 works in 30 days through Avanti Art & Design...a cool picture-framing shop and art gallery in North Seattle.  All of the artists received 4 x 4 canvasses last week and have to turn them back in the first week of June.  They'll be on display in June or July (with artists present for the June 11 and July 9 artwalks).  I'll be at the shop on July 9...which will be a first time experience for me!

Let me tell you...30 blank canvasses are more than a little daunting, so the first thing I did was to slather on colorful backgrounds.  I don't plan my work so much as just sort of launch myself into it and make the best of happy "accidents"...and I am very happy with the crazy birds with their unruly plumages.  

Over the next couple of weeks I'll be posting my creations.  I may go back and add to some of them; a few are calling out for captions or words.

Enjoy!