by Ona Christie | Jul 31, 2016 | Animal art, Animal spirits, Bird art, Birds, Inspirational, life wisdom, Paintings, Spiritual, Things with wings
“The purpose of life is Life.” – Joseph Campbell I channeled this painting for a client recently. The image came first, but it felt like something was missing. So I took a break and started cleaning out a shelf in the studio. And as luck would have...
by Ona Christie | Sep 3, 2015 | Animal art, Bird art, Spiritual, Totems
Somebody handed me a feather the other day. A very long, dark brown flight feather. Neither of us knew what sort of bird had dropped it. But I took it home and looked it up on the Feather Atlas (one of the better things our taxpayer dollars have been spent on.) Turns...
by Ona Christie | Aug 8, 2015 | Animal art, Animal spirits, Bird art, Birds, Spiritual, Things with wings, Watercolor
Nighthawk Animal Totem for Creative People In an international study conducted by Adobe, slightly over 50% of U.S. respondents, and 39% overall, considered themselves to be creative people. What’s more, the overwhelming majority viewed creativity as being valuable to...
by Ona Christie | Apr 17, 2015 | Animal art, Animal spirits, Bird art, Things with wings, Totems
Are you familiar with Nighthawks? If not, you probably have seen them flying overhead on summer evenings, but most likely mistook them for Bats. Nighthawks are not hawks at all but night-flying, insect-eating birds related to the Whippoorwill. The Nighthawk is a...
by Ona Christie | Jan 23, 2015 | Animal art, Art studio, Bird art, Painting Tips
People think watercolor is difficult. “You can’t control it,” they say. And, “It’s so unforgiving!” “You just need to learn its secrets,” I tell them. “When you do, your watercolors will take wing all on their...
by Ona Christie | Jan 20, 2015 | Animal spirits, Bird art, Spiritual
I was dabbling about in the kitchen tonight, when I suddenly thought of a friend. The word “sing” came to me, as it did when we first met two weeks ago. Then, a few moments later, the impression of a song bird. It reminded me of this lovely poem by Victor...
