Made by Margarethe Brummermann
My hummingbirds are pretty much done. Since they are kind of folk-artsy and naive, I used metallic paints liberally, as much as I could get them. Craft paints are definitely one of the pandemic-stricken items and mostly sold out. I had a birds book on my painting table, but due to my limited palette and with some artistic freedom, I did not strictly follow the book. Do you recognize some anyway?
They are so beautiful! I would love to have some of these. Such a lovely flash of colour during the dark days of winter.
Yes, yes, yes. I recognize them. Awesome. We watched them for hours, and even though you took “artistic liberties,” I don’t think you could have planned it better. Their feathers do shine like that in the sunlight (if you look quickly). I don’t know the names, but these are fantastic. We planted our yard with hummingbird plants and had many of them. Great. Thank you. Colorful and great memories.
thank you Rex, living here in SE Arizona, I felt an obligation to honor our Hummingbirds. I just got more metallic paint to do some Rufous ones
Oh, yes. We had a lot of Rufous — didn’t know how to spell it! Look forward to seeing them. I’ve painted them and made stained glass of hummingbirds. Maybe now paper mache ought to be next. Thanks.