“Yellow Birch at Sunset after a Rain with perching Great Horned Owl”

by Harvey Bodach

Original Painting, Acrylics on Masonite Board

27” x 48”

With Floating Wood Frame

29” x 50”

Completion Year - 2018

NOTE:

Currently this painting is on display with the Federation of Canadian Artists at their Federation Gallery in an online Juried Competition and Sales Exhibition.

Painting Awarded Second Place

SHAPE & FORM EXHIBITION 2024

December 1-21, 2024

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Federation Gallery - Granville Island, 1241 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 4B7

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Exploring a pine wood forest is one of the best ways of spotting the Great Horned Owl in its natural habitat.  Looking toward the ground and finding furry pellets or food remnants of animals, are telltale signs of a nearby owl.  Sometimes you can see them on shoulders and ditches of roads or at night as they fly over highways.  They will roost on a number of different trees, outcrops, and human-made structures.  Their range covers a great percentage of North America.

In this painting I have a mature Great Horned Owl sheltered in an old Yellow Birch tree, with its head partly camouflaged by the shadow of a branch.  The choice of this tree and its structural design guided the overall composition, reflecting in a subtle way the owls horns, the primary feature as well as its name.

It is the end of summer and late in the afternoon just after a rainstorm.  The far off darkened sky contrasts with the low lying clouds which reflect a descending sun on the horizon.  Great Horned Owls are most active during the night for feeding, especially at dusk and before dawn.  The alertness of this Great Horned Owl reveals that this hunter is active.  If it is unsuccessful in finding food at this time, hunger will force it to continue the hunt all night.

(Scientific Name: Bubo virginianus)

Giclée Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Prints of painting are also available

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