More belties! (Calloway cows, oreo cows, etc!) I had actually started this painting about 2 years ago as a set of 3 the same size. I finished the "Brown Beltie" a while back, and got on a roll recently with the other 2. Here's the first one. Of course, all the photos were taken at Fearrington Village in Pittsboro, NC.
I love my chickadees! Talk about stalking~ they don't even fly away now when I refill the bird feeder because they're so used to me... I snapped a shot of this little fellow in late winter/early spring of this year, before our cherry tree had bloomed. Maybe I'll get some baby pics again this year???
I painted this as a gift for my step-mom's 60th birthday a few months ago! I haven't painted any new coneflowers in a few years, and I always painted pink ones, so this was fun painting a red variety!