It’s Your Turn to Fly – Throwback Thursday story time

It’s Your Turn to Fly
Girl wearing a masquerade mask and her bird painting
Throwback Thursday story time

This is one of a long series of girl and bird paintings I started in 2010 after my mother passed away. It began as a vision I suddenly had of my Mom feeding little chickadee birds out of her hand when I was younger. 

She said if I was still and quiet, I could feed them, also. I wanted to hold those tiny little birds in my greedy little mittened hands soooo badly, but I was a hyper little thing. I didn’t have the patience to stand still long enough for them to land on me.

I remember dancing and prancing in the deep NH snow, wearing my white coat with black snowflakes on it..the one with the little white fur hood. I was about 34 years old, and I was getting more frustrated by the second because I was unable to make my dream come true. haha! Just kidding..I was about 3 or 4 years old, and I would hop around, impatiently, all agitated. Mom watched me from inside the kitchen, and she kept encouraging me to stay calm and quiet. It never worked for me.  

Aww..maybe some day I’ll be as patient as my Mom once was, I can only hope. In the meantime, I’ll have to live vicariously through the girls I’ve painted, who have no other choice, but to stand still. 

I think I’ve painted 18 of these girl and bird paintings. This is the only one painted in acrylics that I have left, if I’m not mistaken. You can click any of the images to purchase the painting directly from me. There is also one in oils available here. 

I’m not sure if I’ll be painting more of them once these have been sold. Sometimes, I think, of course, I’ll keep painting them..how can I not? Other times, I think it might be best to let the series end here. It’s had a good long run.

I have kept the first one I painted in the series, and will never sell it. It’s titled Be Still, Child, and she looks a lot me when I was about 12 or 13. Although the original is mine to keep forever, I do offer small to large prints of it here. 

I hope you’re having a great Thursday. I’m so grateful that you stopped by. xo