The Yard Party

The Yard Party was one of my two Competition Paintings for Plein Air Easton. It was a joy to create ... if a little tricky on the logistics side.

After a few attempts at finding chickens to paint, I ended up at a fantastic farm with plenty of them in an outside enclosed yard and inside a large coop. To access the yard ... where I wanted to be ... Randy and I went through the coop and out the pretty small door you see in the painting to get to my perfect spot. That door was intended for chickens to pass through. Not necessarily a painter with all her gear.

Challenging, yes. But totally worth it and so much fun to hear all that clucking and cock-a-doodle-do-ing. So neat!

I sure love it. Do you?