This series is called "Irruptive Birds". I'm a bird nerd and was fascinated when reading several articles of how this winter certain species of birds have been seen in some very unusual places, areas they don't normally congregate or migrate to. These accounts were rightfully hyped "Amazing Sightings!" "Once In a Lifetime!" "Never Seen In This Area!" , etc. So, I decided to make the art around these nonchalant birds that are flipping everyone out. I desaturated color photos, then hand-colored over each bird with black, white, and grey charcoal pencil. After that I gave each one a beak color (orange or pink) and then sprayed all with fixative. Next I came up with four minimalist backgrounds on canvas, all opposite of one another. When affixing the birds I built them into a few layers using leveling wood dots to give some dimension. This involved doing one bird at a time and took a while, but to me the result was worth it!