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Home Available from Denman Studios Available from Astoria Fine Art Available at Special Events Available from Greenwich Workshop Limited Edition Reproductions Archive of Previous Work About the Artist Contact Galleries Purchasing Information Commission Policy News & Events Newsletter & Mailing List Facebook Links	<Back to Thumbnails "The Grey Scale" 10 ¼ x 15 ¾” Acrylic on Board, 2006 Chilean Flamingo Chicks $4,200 How to buy I encountered these five-week old Chilean Flamingo chicks while visiting the San Francisco Zoo, and I instantly conjured this painting in my mind. My primary interest in “The Grey Scale” was the variation and repetition of these fascinating, and decidedly “unflamingo-like,” ovoid shapes. It is generally considered a compositional faux-pas to group subjects in even numbers, but the tightly bunched birds become one mass, balanced by dramatic light and shadow and a careful reversal of values in the background. The down and emerging feathers of these Chilean Flamingo chicks become a wonderful vehicle for my signature style as I transition between passages of extreme realism, stylization, and even abstraction. The palette of the piece is beguilingly neutral, its subtle greys and whites tinged with complimentary admixtures of yellow and violet, blue and orange.
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