Jeweled Visitors
Posted: January 5, 2010
Filed under: Still Life
Tagged: hummingbird painting, lori mcnee, original oil painting, still life painting
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Description
Jeweled Visitors
36×24
oil/board
$4800
Available at Gardner Colby Gallery
Orchids and hummingbirds are some of my favorite things. I chose to paint this still life scene as if the birds stopped in for a short respite. I like the contrast between the graceful orchid blossoms and dainty hummingbirds with the rustic antique Chinese flask atop an altar table. In nature though, hummingbirds do not pollinate the scentless orchids. Nineteenth century artist, Martin Johnson Heade popularized painting hummingbirds and orchids together in tropical environments.
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