This duo is ripe for a joke, so here it is: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? (It had to happen.) In this case the honest answer is: The egg. More honesty, I didn't intend to bring these two together for the joke. I intended to paint two birds. I opened up my "bird" file and chose these two because I was weary of songbirds. And it just occurred to me as I typed in the title of the post, "hmmm, I've got a chick and an chicken, weird, is that a chicken or rooster, umm technically a rooster is a chicken, but definitely a rooster, oh but wait, I've got an egg too, I could title it with the world's most eternal joke!" Enough about that.
What's different about these two is that they are painted on Ampersand boards instead of canvases. I sprung the big bucks for two 4 inch ampersand boards while at Howard's for the big "gallery opening". (BTW, the silent auction on the painting donations will finish this weekend....I'll be checking to see where my Appalachian Trail entry is in the bidding on Friday after work.) The ampersand: very,
very smooth. The paint just glided on. Like black ice. I thought oh no, the paint will glide off just as easily! Once I felt that glide, I anticipated having a big mess of brown paint falling off the edges given how I put paint down. I'm used to the canvas fighting me a bit. I usually need to be forceful to get the paint to leave the brush and get into all the nooks and crannies. I started therefore with a very delicate hand, fearful of the risk of slipping. But the ampersand worked out ok. The paint stayed put, and I'm content with the outcome of each.
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#222 Hatchling
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