Turkey Chase

This is the real life "Miss Pecky" from my painting that I posted on Jan. 25th. This photo was taken when she was a youngster yet. I was working on the turkey pen that day, and had leaned down to fix something. Pecky came up and grabbed a glove out of my back pocket, and led the other turkeys on a wild chase around the pen, as they all tried to get it from her!

This is one of several of my paintings that have been juried into 'The Peaceable Kingdom: Animals, Real and Imagined' art exhibition at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, CA. This show is in the San Francisco bay area, if you are in CA. The show will run from March 3 - May 19, 2013.
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Devon Cattle Painting Rare Breed

 Near the Old Barn

This painting has been juried into the upcoming art exhibition 

"26th Annual International Exhibition on Animals in Art" that will run from March 23rd - April 21st, 2013, at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, in Baton Rouge, LA.  This painting is done on a 12" x 24" stretched canvas.   It is of a rare breed of Devon cattle.  This breed of livestock was said to arrive in North American in 1623 in Plymouth colony.  "Back then, the Devon was favored for its hardy foraging ability in uncertain grass conditions; their rich milking ability favored the sustenance of both calf and the pioneer family, and their docility and strength adapted them for use as oxen."   The subject for this painting is an oxen at the Garfield Farm Museum, in rural LaFox, IL near St. Charles.  The scene is from my imagination of a peaceful summer day under the big blue Midwestern sky!  

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