Bird Paintings
Three Harlequins oil on canvas 9" x 12"
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I've enjoyed exploring the South Carolina coast during the winter months - lots of birds and miles of empty beaches. Among the several Tern species that gather at the shore are Royal Terns. In or out of breeding plumage they are beautifully integrated with the sand and sea.
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Royal Tern oil on canvas 9" x 12"
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Night Watch - Great Horned Owl
oil on canvas 16" x 20" Email Burton Moore at The Audubon Gallery or call 843-853-1100 |
Great Horned Owl
Owls remain mysterious creatures despite all that is known about their physical form and habits. I’ve chosen to further that sense of mystery by intentionally merging parts of the owl with the background, omitting unnecessary detail and emphasizing the bird’s intense focus on something not visible within the painting. 
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Turkey Study oil on canvas 16" x 20" SOLD
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Turkey Study
My experience of birds, and wild birds especially, does not involve observing much detail. Usually, they are flying past me at high speed or in the case of wild Turkey running too quickly to make out individual feathers or other features. When it comes to painting, drawing and sculpting birds, the inclination is to rely on photographs or taxidermy mounts to provide the information my eyes and memory cannot hold fast. So it requires careful thought to get clear about what I am actually attempting in my work – is this an anatomy lesson or something else? Almost always, it is something else and it is more effectively communicated by paying attention to matters of simplification, color, brushwork and movement. This painting is about the character and aliveness of the bird, qualities not generally conveyed by a strict rendering of the surface appearance but rather a careful distillation of essential elements. |
Canada Goose mixed media on paper 9" x 12"
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Coastal Marsh - Ducks oil on panel 6" x 8" SOLD
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Pintail Drakes oil on canvas 16" x 20"
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African Crowned Eagle
mixed media on canvas 16" x 20" SOLD |
Sacred Ibises oil on canvas panel 9"x12"
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Dunlin Mixed media on paper 3.5" x 6.5" SOLD
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Dowitchers oil on canvas panel 4.5" x 9"
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Spotted Towhee oil on panel 9" x 12"
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Bewick's Wren oil on linen 8" x 10"
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Nashville Warbler sketch oil on panel 8" x 10"
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Marsh Wren oil on panel 8" x 6" SOLD
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White-faced Ibis studies 8.5" x 10.5"
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Cormorant sketch oil on canvas 8" x 6"
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Cormorants oil on panel 8" x 8"
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Canada Geese
oil on panel 8" x 6"
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