Portrait of the Chicken as a Young Cockerel
"Portrait of the Chicken as a Young Cockerel" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic painting on Multimedia Artboard, 5" x 7". Copyright ©2011 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved. $125
This dashing young fellow looked like he was posing for a formal portrait, so I ignored his striking tail feathers and zoomed in on his face.
I’d never painted chickens before this week, but now I wonder what took me so long. They are noble creatures.
What’s for dinner tonight? Chicken. I feel a little guilty…
Painting the State Fair
State Fair, USA is artist Lesley Spanos' tribute to the American agricultural fair. "Just about anything I would want to paint can be found at the Fair."
The series is the culmination of years of research. Spanos has photographed and sketched her local fair - the Indiana State Fair - extensively for the past four summers, amassing a large collection of reference material for working in-studio. Ultimately the collection is destined for a book and fine art reproductions. (Read about the project in more depth here.)
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