jim barber hove Mexico

Aves de Paraíso

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Country: Mexico
Category: Painting
Technique: Pastel
Medium: Paper
Theme: Floral Painting
Measurements: 16.54 x 14.96 in
At Artelista since: Tuesday 13th of December 2011
Tags: pintura, pastel, impresionista, ave, bird, paraiso

Artwork description

Aves de Paraíso
Gozo muchísimo trabajando en mi jardín y tendiendo todas mis flores hermosas. Vivo en una zona montañosa en el estado tropical de Veracruz, México. Aquí tenemos una variedad abundante de flores y la especie que más me llama la atención es el ?Ave de Paraíso?. Florea todo el año y extrañamente hasta ahora no había tomado el tiempo para pintarla. Me divertí muchísimo tratando de retratar su excéntrico aire de realeza. En este retrato parecen como un rey y reina envueltos en su purpura real simbolizada por la lejana montaña.
Birds of Paradise
I much enjoy working in my garden and tending all of my lovely flowers. I live in a mountainous area in the tropical state of Veracruz, Mexico. Here we have an abundant variety of flowers and the kind that most catches my eye is the "Bird of Paradise". It flowers the whole year round but strangely enough up until now I hadn't taken the time to paint them. I really enjoyed attempting to portray their eccentrically regal posture. They seem to me like a king and queen draped in their royal purple symbolized by the distant mountain.

Artist information

Since I can remember I have had an urge to express myself artistically. As a young student, I was interested in sports, singing and theater. In my years at West Bend High School, I was selected to sing in the school choir, to play trumpet in the school band and to act in the school musical productions.

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