Ugly Bunting Original Artwork

An Indigo Bunting stares at his baby, wondering when he’ll grow out of his awkward phase. So many baby birds are surprisingly ugly, there’s even a fairytale written about it! I often hope that the United States is just going through growing pains right now, an ugly duckling phase. While that doesn’t make things less scary, it does provide hope that the reason we’ve slipped so far into darkness is because we were making so much progress, and that means we can do it again. Keep moving forward, keep growing. Together we can make this nation a beautiful bird.

As a special note, this canvas was created by my father, Alan, for my mother, Sherry, as part of her never-quite-started art collection about figure skating. She got as far as gessoing the canvas and painting it over with a coat of opalescent acrylic. I recovered the canvas after her death, and seeing that the canvas had warped ever so slightly, I figured gluing a collage on top of it would help straighten it out, which it did. Now this finished piece is truly a joint Brandon family creation! In fact, it is my mother’s under painting that inspired me to paint the sides of each piece in the Luminescence collection with opalescent acrylic.

This is an original colored pencil drawing on pattern collage affixed to canvas. Measurements are 11x15 inches and 1.5 inches deep.

I can deliver if you live in Seattle or Shoreline. Pick up from my home in Ballard is also available. Email me at juliana@julianabrandon.com to arrange one of these options.