Artist & Painter Rebecca Latham’s Nature & Wildlife Art

 

This is a painting I completed earlier this year that recently arrived for exhibit at Whistle Pik Galleries in Texas.  (I just realized that the painting hadn’t been posted on the blog yet :/ …oops. )

I love painting parrots…and being able to get to see them and watch their personalities.  You may already know, most of the time I tend to paint native North American wildlife - but I do break away occasionally to paint the intense colors as in this Blue and Gold Macaw.   This painting sat on my easel for a while to be sure the sheen of soft light and varied feather color came out correctly to reflect the softness.  It also has a great amount of detail work in all of the feathers and the other areas of texture - very fun to paint.  The miniature painting is 9×12 and painted in watercolor on board. :D  Enjoy! - Thanks for dropping by!

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Parklane Gallery in Kirkland, Washington opens their "15th Annual Miniature Show" today - an international exhibit of miniatures.  The show will run May 8th to June 3rd, 2007. 

The painting in this post, a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, is one of five of my miniature paintings are on display at the exhibit.  The other artists in my family are showing work in this exhibit also.  For more information please visit the gallery’s website: http://www.parklanegallery.com 

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These are the last three miniatures for the Miller Gallery’s show in Cincinnati, Ohio.  I think all of them look nice in their frames. :)  I am eager to see how they are received at the show.

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I have been busily painting all of these new miniature paintings for the upcoming miniature show at Miller Galleries in Cincinnati (Ohio). :)  Here’s a photo of my little Sulphur Crested Cockatoo piece -  nearly finished

The painting is 2-3/8 x 3-1/4 inches and is painted 1/6th scale.  (the background of the painting doesn’t show well in this photo - it’s a deep burgundy/red color.)

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My cockatoo miniature painting is coming along well, I think. :)  I will post a "nearly completed" photo of it soon for everyone to see.

The rough graphite sketch on the left is of a scarlet macaw.  I studied the bird during one of our excursions to Florida for some much needed painting references a number of years ago.  I always love painting parrots - the brightly colored feathers are just fantastic!

I hope to get more fresh reference of parrots as well as other birds to paint in the near future.

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Here is the progress of my miniature watercolor painting of a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo. 

These parrots are native to Australia.  I particularly like the yellow and bright white feathers — how they meld together so well.

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This is a small (and quick ) rough color sketch I made not too long ago of a Greater Sulphur Crested Cockatoo.  I just started a miniature painting from the sketch and other references I have on hand. 

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Show catalogs for the tenth annual "Art of the Animal Kingdom" at the Bennington Center for the Arts (www.benningtoncenterforthearts.org) in Bennington, Vermont have just been released.  I think they look very nice (please contact the Arts Center if you would like a copy).  I have a 5×5 inch Hyacinth Macaw miniature painting in this year’s exhibition. 

The artist juror for the AAK X show was Dan Smith — A very talented artist and excellent instructor (and a great person).  I’ve studied with him about three times at the Beartooth School of Art in Montana (www.beartoothschool.com).

Please visit the exhibition if you happen to be in Bennington!

"You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." — Jack London

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I posted my recent painting of a Hyacinth Macaw on a rainforest branch. I am very fond of exotic birds such as macaws and other parrots. They all have such colorful personalities that are easily captured in a painting. It is also refreshing to use such bright colors since many of my paintings so often require subtle browns, grays, and neutral tones. I have hopes that one day these birds won’t be so threatened by loss of habitat and the pet trade. I don’t think there would be anything more beautiful to see than a flock of wild hyacinth macaws in the rainforest treetops. You can view one of the World Wildlife Fund’s projects to help the Hyacinth Macaw in Brazil @ http://www.wwf.org.br/english/informa/sitearara_projeto.htm "Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Thomas A. Edison

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