John’s new oil painting “WINGING THE WAVES – California Brown Pelican & Elegant Tern” was juried into the Desert Museums new exhibit featuring animals in their Vanishing Circle Collection that have made a come back from near extinction. The Brown Pelican is one of the birds that have recovered since the Environmental Protection Agency banned DDT in 1972. Visit the exhibit in the Ironwood Gallery at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ between Sept. 7 and Nov. 3, 2024
WE’RE BACK! Successes in Vanishing Circle – Sonora Arizona Desert Museum
This painting beautifully captures the light, as well as the movement of the birds and the water. I can’t think of something more difficult to paint. Wow.
Thanks DEnise,
It was a challenge to try and capture the mood and action without overdoing it. The tern is my favorite part of the painting!