Flying Home – Race to Roost

Description

Flying Home.  Original Oils on canvas board. 23.5” x 16.5” (600mm x 400mm).  Representing a darkening evening sky, the painting shows birds dashing ‘home’ to a safe roost before night sets in.

Duncan has been working on and musing over a design for several years and this painting is a result of those many hours of work. Painted in oils on canvas board, the birds are formed with the use of a wooden stamp which was also hand carved by Duncan.

Many species of birds will fly in a large group. seabirds and waders often seen along the shoreline and Starlings, among others, heading homeward as night draws in.