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"Warming Trend"

On a cold, but sunny, winter day I found this hen warming her rear in the window of the chicken coop.  At least that is how it appeared from inside the coop.  I actually entered in order to attempt to get an interesting picture of a rooster. 

Some of you will have seen a painting I did of a very mean looking rooster. It was titled “I’m Bad”.  It was so popular that I was requested to do a number of paintings from that same pose.  Artists, at least this one, prefer to do the next subject, not dwell on a success.  It reminds me of what Hollywood does with successful movies.  You know, first there is “Cochise”, then “Son of Cochise” and “Cochise-2 “ and “Cochise Returns”, etc.  

So I was looking for a fresh rooster pose, one with some character and a pose worthy of painting.  It’s not that easy to find you know.  I settled for the hen warming her tail.  

As for the painting itself, I was a little concerned that critics would use the ultimate criticism for a watercolor.  “It’s muddy! ”  Not that I care very much about such judgments.  Besides, the inside of the chicken coop is muddy…and dark and full of smells and extensive amounts of other unpleasant stuff-if you get my meaning.