The Burra Painting

I already had this picture in my head while I was painting the flamingo. I wanted to paint a puffin because of their striking colours and initially I imagined him sitting on a cliff with a stormy sea and that is what I painted, but then I was sitting in bed one night staring at him for ages and I imagined him tucked away safe in a little cave with the storm raging outside. About that time a lovely photo was posted to me from Nature Lovers on Facebook of some tiny ferns and mushrooms and I thought it would be lovely to incorporate some ferns dangling from the mouth of the cave with moss and some mushrooms growing in the damp atmosphere. My son is fascinated with snail shells at the moment and keeps bringing in empty shells from the garden, particularly the yellow and brown one and to finish off the top corner I painted a snail peeping out to see if the storm had passed. I am member of the National Trust and in their autumn magazine there was a word Burra, meaning: a sheltered spot out of the wind, and I thought 'perfect!' He is painted on a 9 x 12 x 1.29 inch canvas in acrylics. The ocean is painted in silver with a blue wash and the puffin, snail and cave is highlighted with fluorescent colours so again he comes alive under a light! For me he represents home, sanctuary, safe from the world outside.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:9 W x 12 H x 1.3 D in

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