Raven Art | Detour for a Thirsty Raven | Corvid

Description

Of all the raven art I’ve seen, I’ve yet to see another one in a beer cellar stealing a drink from an open tap. I hope you love this earthy-toned painting of mine. Except for any white I used, it’s all done in foraged, local to me, Ozark oil pigments. Remember, I also have prints, notecards, and payment plans are available (US only) if you’d like to have this original painting hanging on your wall.

Corvid Art

We don’t have ravens here, but I’ve seen them in person before while we were on vacation in Colorado. We do have some members of the Corvid family here, though. There’s a murder of crows that live here, and one year there was a fledgling with white spots on it.

I tried to befriend that little guy, but he wanted nothing to do with me even though I left popcorn out for him and followed him from tree to tree (I was on the ground, lol, not in the tree). Eventually he must have flown off to join the others because I didn’t see him again once he got good at flying.

There are redwing blackbirds alongside the roads, but I’ve never seen any here at Wild Ozark.

Details about the Original Work

• Title: Detour for a Thirsty Raven
• Size: 29 x 37″ (landscape orientation)
• Media: handmade oil paint, Ozark foraged pigments
• Substrate: birch plywood
• Pigment source: shale gray, limestone, brown sandstone, yellow sandstone, black stone, green siltstone, russet sandstone, soot, and titanium white

Prints

Available in 8 x 10, 12 x 16, and 16 x 20 archival, open edition. Notecards, small and large, are also available.

More Info

This painting of a raven having a drink is titled Detour for a Thirsty Raven. It’s an imaginary scene with a rustic, Old World feel. To see still shots of the progression of this work, click here to go to my main website’s page for this painting.

Below you’ll find the YouTube progression of my Thirsty Raven accompanied by the instrumental composition of Daniel Hay and performed by Christine Fuxa. Give the video a Like and follow to help me show my appreciation for this collaboration of artists.

 

Raven Art

I’ve wanted to paint a raven for a long time and finally got around to it. We don’t have ravens in the Ozarks but I loved seeing them while we were in Colorado.

There is no photo reference for this painting, as it is an imaginary scene. I did look at a lot of photos of ravens, kegs, and parts of ravens and kegs, though. The actual ‘look’ of the scene is partly my imagination and partly because of the colors I have to work with.

We visited a few wine cellars while in Germany years ago, and memories of that played into the creation as well.

The Colors

The only color that I don’t forage locally is the white that I use for blending and shade/value/tone adjustments. All of the actual colors are from resources foraged here at Wild Ozark or in the local creeks and streams. In this raven art, the black came from soot I collected when we cleaned our chimney last fall in preparation for winter.

The other colors came from rocks of various shades. Most of the rocks were sandstones (red, yellow, brown, black, and green). I also used shale to get a dark gray, almost black.

Views of this raven art

If you’d like to see it in person and are in northwest AR, please email or text (madison@wildozark.com or (479)409-3429). I’m happy to bring it out to you, or you’re welcome to come to my house to see it. Unfortunately, my studio is closed now, and won’t be reopened. However, I do take this one with me to some shows. You can find out where and when I’ll be at an event HERE.