The Yard Birds

Winner, winner ... chicken painting?

This piece has garnered plenty of great accolades. It's definitely up there with my all-time favorite pieces and I'm happy that others share in the admiration.

BEST IN SHOW -- The National Oil and Acrylics Painters Society (NOAPS) 2025 Associate Online Exhibition - judge Jose Pardo. See the exhibit here.

WINNER'S CIRCLE AWARD -- Paint Great Falls 2025 - judge Bethanne Kinsella Cople. New award for the top and only prize given to a previous top award winner

HONORABLE MENTION -- ART RENEWAL CENTER 18th INTERNATIONAL SALON - Plein Air Category

ARC Salon received over 3500 entries from 72 countries. It's a honor to have been chosen as semi-finalist, then finalist and then for an honorable mention. A major catalog is being published of the winners and some finalists. Looking forward to seeing this piece among the other stellar works.  See the Plein Air Winners here.

TOP 100 PAINTING -- Plein Air Salon May 2025 - judge Dave Santillanes

About the painting:

I spent the whole day with these chickens -- capturing their antics plein air at a friend's farm.  They start out curious about me so staying close -- then lose interest and wander away.  Fortunately, something eventually brings them back around so I can take a closer look.

This is one of two pieces painted during a challenging week during Paint Great Falls (getting a late start, rain, teaching schedule and getting sick) -- but this sure was a fun one.

Definitely a favorite subject.