Title: Spotted Towhee
Original artwork by Allison Leigh Smith
Oil painting on canvas
Painting size 12"x9"
Silver finish metal frame.
Size with frame 13" x 10" x 1.5"
Painting of a spotted Towhee perched in a berry bush in impressionistic style brush strokes.
It is my goal to convey each animal’s personality by painting them in a way that connects them to the viewer, as I have felt connected. I think painting a wild animal in their natural habitat has been done, and has been done masterfully. Originality is important to me, so I combine a multitude of techniques at which I excel to the process of creating a piece. You will find evidence of the years I spent in textile design. Some paintings combine photography and digital manipulation either in the final product or hidden within the journey to completion. Often I combine written words, remnants of graffiti, or my grandfather's art of calligraphy - all to add a human connection to my subject.  My ultimate goal is to share a very personal interpretation of the beauty and the vulnerability of the animals I have met and love.