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  • PAINTINGS 1
    • Skagit Landscape of the Mind: Full Moon at Midnight
    • Eggplant Harvest
    • Tomatoes & Wisteria Entwined
    • Waterfall
    • Night at Marymere Falls
    • The Frog Poet
    • Ginkgos & Waxwings
    • Eagle's Pride
    • Spring in Bloom
    • Flower Moon in May
    • Northwest Rain Kosode
    • Snow on the Beach
    • It Only Takes One
    • Scattered Fans
    • White Circle of Silence
    • In the Spirit of Serizawa & Kubota
  • Paintings 2
    • Autumn Introspection
    • Foxgloves Reaching for the Sky
    • Bats' Lunar Playground
    • Plum Tree on a Snowy Night
    • Autumn Moon by the Sea
    • Chickadee in the Snow
    • Down by the Stream on a Lazy Summer's Day
    • Towhee & Currant in Spring
    • Sparrow's Spring
    • Autumn Grasses (Oribe Tribute)
    • A Tribute to Itchiku Kubota: Ozette Sunset
    • Cathedral of the Trees
    • Baillie Scott Trinity
    • Raven's Forest
    • Eagle Embraces Her
  • Paintings 3
    • Running the Waves
    • The Guardian
    • Crows at Sunset
    • Cormorants
    • Skagit Scene
    • Dream Birds
    • Curious Crow
    • Hydrangea's Final Bloom
    • Pine Island
    • The Four Guardians
    • Circle About the Moon
    • Eelgrass Nursery Rhyme
    • Cedar Green Man
    • Serizawa's Kimono
    • Cats United
  • Paintings 4
    • Dance to the Moon
    • When the Salmon Run
    • Autumn Deer
    • As Autumn Approaches
    • Echizen Crows
    • The Spirit of Fallen Camellias
    • Temple Hawk
    • Goldfinch Dream
    • Autumn Carpet
    • An Eala Bahn (The White Swan)
    • Horse Ema
    • Lucia's Maple
    • Eagles Spring Dance
    • Watts Chapel Tribute Memorial
    • Voysey's tree
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    • Paintings 5 >
      • Camellias in Bloom Woodblock Print
      • Hot Otter Love
      • č’u•? is Seal
      • Loons & Horses
      • Hawk on a Pine 1
      • Elk Along the South Fork
      • Spirits of Ozette
      • Lingcod Guardian
      • Plum Blossoms in Spring
      • Journey Home From Ozette Island
      • Tsooes Sunset
    • Boxes >
      • Rose Tree Box
      • Celtic Bread Box
      • Creature of the Box
      • Kells Cats Chest
      • Miyamoto's Rice Box
    • Trays >
      • Dragonfly Tray
      • Kaiseki Tray
    • Karakami Square Series >
      • Karakami Square #1: Cherry Tree
    • Screens >
      • Eagles 2-Panel Folding Screen
      • The Four Seasons Screen Series >
        • Winter Screen: Eagle & Pine
        • Fall Screen: Canada Geese & Maples
        • Spring Screen: Cherry Trees & Finches
        • Summer Screen: Swallows & Willow
      • Frog's House Screen
      • Waterfall Screen
    • Peacock Sconces
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  • Eagle on a Pine
  • Dunlin Flight
  • The Fox Spirit (kitsune)
  • Crow on a Snowy Branch
  • Skagit Landscape of the Mind V: Winter's Cool
  • Trees IV
  • Water Rabbit
  • Swimming with Sea Lions
  • Ravens Watch
  • Sun-a-do
  • Two Seals
  • Nuthatch & Wild Rose
  • Wagara Mountain
  • Solitary Seal II
  • Raven Song
  • Heron Dream
Picture
HAWK ON A PINE 1
ACRYLICS ON BIRCH PLYWOOD W/HEMLOCK FRAME
FALL 2019

     The Skagit Valley is rich in bird activity and attracts birders from all over.  In the last few years, tours and workshops have been developed during the winter season to celebrate our avian abundance (visit Birds of Winter at http://birdsofwinter.org/ for more information).  Some of my favorite birds to watch are the raptors that patrol the valley.  They provide me with a constant source of artistic inspiration.  Recently, considerable hawk activity motivated me to turn to the long tradition of Japanese kacho-e (bird & flower) paintings, and this is the result.  The composition is my interpretation of a woodcut by Suiko Fukuda.  The design for the hawk was inspired by both Northwest Coast Native and Celtic art traditions.  The tarashikomi-like effect used on the tree bough was inspired by works of Rinpa School artists, and my pine needles were based on countless works of Japanese art.  I surrounded the painting with a simple hemlock frame (painted black) to protect the birch plywood.  This painting has been treated with Minwax Helmsman Spar Urethane to give protection from sunlight, rain and moisture, and temperature changes.  The finish is clear satin. This makes it suitable for hanging outdoors in a protected area, if so desired.  

DIMENSIONS:      HEIGHT:  25 1/2 inches
                              WIDTH:  15 inches

                                                        PRICE $500

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