Artful Chicken

Monet's Rooster, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2014, Fay Terry

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A very short distance from his home at Giverny, Claude Monet had a chicken yard. The Foundation Monet continues this tradition and, like the artist, has a different breed of chickens each year.  Monet loved to have fresh eggs available and the  two egg boxes in the pantry could hold more than a hundred eggs. The flock consisted of mainly hens, with just a few roosters on hand.

This is from a photo I took on the grounds several years ago on a visit to Giverny.

All of the chickens appeared very content in their beautiful surroundings.

Backyard Fowl

Friendly Chicken, 6 x 8 " oil on panel, ©2013

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I loved the way the sun was lighting up these feathers and making a cool shadow on the ground at the same time.  Lots of great chicken photos are finding their way to me as more people have backyard chickens. If you have a favorite chicken photo for me to paint, I'd love for you to email it to me.

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The sun is out, so I am going to try painting outside if it warms up a little bit more, it's only fifty

degrees.

Spring Baby

Wait Up! 6 x 6 " oil on gessobord panel, ©2013, Fay Terry

This scene reminds me of how much I love walking barefoot on soft green grass- just think, chickens get to do it all the time. These are free range chickens so they can appreciate the space they have to wander in.

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Inside The Chicken House

Inside The Chicken House

There seem to be a lot of people raising chickens in their backyards

now and really enjoying the fresh eggs.  We get eggs from a couple of 

friends who do this and I have to say the eggs are delicious.

 6 x 6 in.  oil on museum quality panel

Claudette's Chickens

Claudette's Chickens

It was almost exactly a year ago that I saw these chickens in

the beautiful town of Bernardieres, France.  While we explored, we met Claudette and she invited us into her farmhouse and wanted to show us her brand new kitchen.  We passed through the multitude of chickens in the yard, into the kitchen and then to the back door to meet her cows.  She was wearing a Las Vegas T-shirt and spoke only French.  Amazingly, we had a great

conversation with her.  I have forgotten the names of her cows! Below you can see a photo of Claudette with one of her cows and a picture of her kitchen.

6 x 6 oil on gessobord