MORRIGAN AND CORVUS

"Passing Shadow"

The new crop of crow youngsters are noisy and busy.

I see them all over the neighborhood trying out their flying skills

and getting into trouble with the squirrels.

Since I like to paint what I know I used some of my photos of 

my feathered neighbors as references for my latest paintings.

"Morrigan's Companion"

Morrigan is a goddess of Irish mythology and her companion

is a crow.  A crow flying overhead could either cause fear

or courage in the hearts of warriors.  This painting is 

another one inspired by my crow, or corvus, neighbors.  I like

to watch them walk across our lawn searching for a breakfast

of crumbs from a picnic or an unfortunate bug.

For the Virtual Paintout I submitted one more sketch for Latvia

called, "The House at the Bend in the Road."  This month's 

subject for the paintout is Thailand.  I'm excited to 

do a virtual Google Maps tour of that place for inspiration.

Just a reminder.  You can see all the paintings I have for sale 

by clicking on the red "Watercolors by Leenie" icon in the 

upper left column of this blog.