Loon Wonderland

Hello Everyone! Welcome to spring at its finest! Hope you all had a wonderful winter and found many things to keep you busy and happy! I spent most of the winter doing what I love to do painting! The subject that I kept doing over and over to ensure I had enough originals was this Loon! Loons have a very special place in my heart as it was something that brought my father and I closer together! My father build custom made acoustic guitars and did carvings as another outlet of with masterful woodworking skills! My father carved loons and then would hand them off to me to paint and they would be mounted on a wood plank our combined masterpieces were created. My father has since long passed and the final carving has been painted and hung proudly with family but I continue to yearn the painting of a loon. I promised myself that when I found the perfect picture of a loon I would attempt to recreate a painting of the beautiful loon. I meet a fellow artist and friend Shelley Prior and low and behold she had the most amazing shot of a loon ready for flight and I knew that was the one! So in memory of my father I painted this loon and will continue to paint more originals so that my whole family with also have loons in their wonderful family memories! Hope you all have a wonderful creative inspiring day!