meet Gertie......
Neither my wife, Gia, nor I have ever had chickens. This has become quite the life altering experience for both of us and our bird dogs. Of the original three chickens, Gertie, is the last birdie....standing. What Gertie represents is far more than just a yard pet that brings hours of pointing for our bird dogs and giggles to Gia and I. You see, Gertie lays us one beautiful egg a day. It is at approximately the same time every day and I lovingly go out to the hen house and remove the deposit. These eggs are precious to me and always account for a battle of wills within me. Do I eat the fresh, delicious egg or do I use it produce artwork? These fresh eggs are far more palatable than store bought eggs, but they can also create exquisite paint colors on the palette.
Today I opted for the production of artwork, which probably has to do with the warm air finally arriving with the sunshine here in Livingston, Montana. Below is a painting I painted with (fresh) egg tempera on paper.
-D. Rivers
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