Birds in Snow

Watching Birds in Snow

Birds in Snow, pastel, 7" x 10" © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Birds in Snow, pastel, 7″ x 10″ © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

These birds were actually pecking around in the snow under a bird feeder, but their random order and little shadows were intriguing. This was done en plein air—but not outside so I wouldn’t cause the birds to fly off.

In winter I have feeders visible from just about every window. Watching the birds gather, mill about, eat, leave is like watching waves or fire, the constant motion mesmerizing and meditative. I visualized this sketch for years looking out my front door to the birds gathering on my walk under a feeder in my maple. To capture the energy I didn’t want to detail them and used both a loose style and chose a self-prepared drawing surface, gesso with marble dust roughly brushed on a piece of matboard.

PURCHASE A PRINT OR GREETING CARD

Birds in Snow is 7″ x 10″, and I also cropped a 5″ x 7″ area for a greeting card or print and a 6″ x 6″ area with just the birds to coordinate with other square art I’d been producing at the time.

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FRAMED PRINTS

I have frame this print in white, natural and blue painted barnwood wood frames or white molded frames with no mat.

SHIPPING

Shipping within the US is included in all the prices listed. All shipping is via Priority Mail. Prints are shipped flat in a rigid envelope. Canvases are shipped in a box to fit with padding. Since this original is small it is also shipped in a box with extra padding.

FRAMED PRINTS

I have frame this print in white, natural and blue painted barnwood wood frames with no mat.

GICLEE PRINTS

The giclees are printed on acid-free hot press art paper for a smooth matte finish using archival inks. Giclee is the highest quality print available because the technique uses a dozen or more ink ports to capture all the nuances of the original painting, including details of the texture, far more sensitive than any other printing medium. Sometimes my giclees look so much like my originals that even I have a difficult time telling them apart when they are in frames. The giclees have 2″ of white around the outside edges.

I don’t keep giclee prints in stock for most of my works. Usually I have giclees printed as they are ordered unless I have an exhibit where I’ll be selling a particular print so there is a wait of up to two weeks before receipt of your print to allow for time to print and ship.

DIGITAL PRINTS

Digital prints are made on acid-free matte-finish natural white 100# cover using archival digital inks. While digital prints are not the quality of a giclee in capturing every nuance and detail of color, texture and shading, I am still very pleased with the outcome and usually only I as the artist, could tell where detail and color were not as sharp as the original.

CANVAS PRINTS

I usually have at least one of the smaller sizes of canvases on hand, but order larger ones as they are ordered here because customers often want a custom size. Smaller canvases are a 3/4″ in depth, Canvases 12 x 16 and larger are 1-1/2″ in depth. I set them up so the image runs from edge to edge, then the sides are black or white or sometimes I slip in a color that coordinates with the painting.

GREETING CARD

Cards are 5 x 7 printed on 12 pt. matte cover, blank inside and available with a matching envelope. You can also find this image in a set entitled “Backyard Birds”.

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