Animal Kingdom | Gail Tate

• Songbird

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16. This imagined scene, inspired by a photograph of a bird, uses a mystical forest background and ripe berries to symbolize the abundance and sustenance of the bird’s environment.

• Mon Cheval de Reve

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 18. I have always loved horses. Even as a child, living in the Bronx/NYC, I begged my parents for a horse. I figured we could keep it in our tiny basement. Of course, that didn't happen. However, I sti…

• Roo Posing on the Farm

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 11. Roo is a fictional character, but filled with personality! He reminded me of several free-roaming roosters we encountered on an amazing farm in Madison, Georgia.

• My Friend Fred

  Oil, Canvas, 10 x 8. This was a fun study I used to loosen up. I sometimes get stuck in detail and too serious when painting. Painting a duck now and then seems to snap and quack me out of it. It just makes me laugh!

• Bird on Perch

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 12. I took a workshop with Derek Penix, and in the session I chose a photo of a bird to experiment with in order to practice a technique to loosen up. When Derek did his class demos of other images, he…