Birds of Stanford-More

Gallery: Featured Artist--Andrew Denman


Cross Stitch Andrew Denman 12 x 24" Acrylic on Cradled Board 2013 Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Artist's comment: "It’s hard to describe to a non-wildlife artist or someone who is not a wildlife enthusiast, the giddy excitement of finally seeing, let alone photographing, a bird that one has so fruitlessly stalked for so long; it feels like Christmas. In my painting, “Cross Stitch,” I captured the bird just as it is about to take flight from a web of twiggy aspen limbs. The geometrically abstract background serves to suggest, rather than describe, the weave of snow and branches against which I finally came to know this elusive and beautiful bird."
Science Art note: Listen for the male in the spring, when--at least until he finds a mate-- he may spend 70-to-90 percent of his morning singing. You can hear the song here.
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Science Art note: Listen for the male in the spring, when--at least until he finds a mate-- he may spend 70-to-90 percent of his morning singing. You can hear the song here.