#northern cardinal
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Northern Cardinals
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Bird medley
A pair of mourning doves and a northern cardinal, also some glass warping in the middle oops
“Grey Day Gift” Northern Cardinal. 12"x16" oil on panel.
I love that in winter I can look around the grey, overcast yard, devoid of much color… and often, out there on a branch, glowing red, is one of our resident cardinals! For West End Gallery’s Spotlight Exhibition this month.
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When I want to express more abstract ideas or emotions, recently, I draw birds. This gynandromorph cardinal is for hope and resilience. Especially queer and trans hope and resilience.
Working on the 3 cardinals composition.
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Cardinal couple composition version 2.
…and a cardinal joins in to say “chp!”
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I interrupt your regular cockatiel programming to present you this photo I took yesterday:
an absolute borb of a cardinal
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Northern Cardinal (female)
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Northern Cardinal (male)
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The cardinal in my neighborhood finally found a gf !! So much chirping lol
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