Cheryl Casey Art

Living in the turkey and quail brown part of Texas, it is fascinating to me that such brilliantly colored birds as Lovebirds naturally exist. And that someone actually named them lovebirds! The season of declared love is quickly approaching and so far my only contribution to anything Valentine-ish has been the Cardinal Pair which are quite Christmasy, and the flamingos. But now we have lovebirds. Perfecto. Lovebirds Watercolor Painting on Etsy I finished painting these two lovebirds late last night and they are now leaning against my computer, propped up by the llama, waiting to be scanned for the printmaking process. And here is a photo at the beginning of the painting process, with the lime green seeping into the yellow.

I painted this lion one August to honor both my parents. Whenever the subject came up, Mom would joke about how volatile it was for two Leo's to marry. She wasn't wrong. While I was painting this lion, I wound up wondering why some lions have black manes. It turns out their manes grow more and more black as they age. A lion with a mostly black mane is a long-time survivor. Inverse to we humans who tend to go gray and then white with age. Lion with courage verse, art prints on Etsy The original painting, which now resides in a private collection in Chicago, Illinois, does not have the scripture or any text on it. I'm not a fan of original paintings having text or pushing a meaning. I only paint because some things strike me as beautiful or emotional and I start thinking about how I might get watercolor to convey that. The verse was added later to some of the prints, upon a special request. It fit both symbolically and physically in the open space so I accommodated.