Easter Chickens

Chick-A-Dee, 24x24, collage on panel, Grand Bohemian Gallery

Being Easter Weekend and all, I think the Chick was a good piece to bring the the Grand Bohemian Gallery in St. Augustine this weekend. The opening for the show and my demonstration of collage technique was enjoyed by a very consistently large crowd at the gallery on Friday night.

The crowd was steady on Friday at the Grand Bohemian Gallery in St. Augustine

I started the chicken piece as a companion to Rock-A-Doodle (a rooster), which I also completed this week for the gallery and my featured exhibition there.

Beginning stages, pencil sketch on birch panel

Beginning stages, acrylic underpainting

Beginning stages, acrylic underpainting

Beginning application of collage paper overtop

Rock-A-Doodle, 24x24, collage on panel, Grand Bohemian Gallery

Progression of a Peacock

My daughter worked many hours on this wonderful promotional video for me. See building the support,  painting the papers, the collage process, and the final project, all in under two minutes.

Thanks to my husband for building the oversized support, and thanks to Emilie for hours of editing long after the filming was complete.