Friday, May 27, 2011

A Card for My Cousin

This is the front of a card I painted for my cousin.  She came to visit me in British Columbia from Ontario and just loved our coast line.  One day while we were walking along the beach, she was picking up shells and looking at them, putting them down and picking up another.  She picked up a beautiful oyster shell and suddenly started to be stocked by a Sea gull.  All around the beach and along our mile long pier this Sea Gull followed her, its mouth wide open making a very intense wheezing sound.  I guess it figured she was stealing its shells.  Now she is back home and to commemorate her visit I painted this card titled 'The Wheezing Seagull' for her.

5 comments:

  1. What a great story, and I'm sure your cousin will love having this wonderful card to remind her of her visit .... as if she could forget such an experience! nancy

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  2. She'll love it! This is just great. What a nice little memento.

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  3. The card is so perfect for the experience! Very well done, too.

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  4. Awesome! Love the expression of this guy!

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  5. The composition is beautiful and I love your use of watercolor... your cousin is very lucky to have such a wonderful reminder of her trip!

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