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I’ve painted several mourning dove pieces before, and they’re almost always sitting or flying horizontally. With this piece, I wanted a composition of doves landing in a roost tree, with a large, dramatic cumulus cloud in the background that helps to accentuate the form of the doves and round out the composition. I layered on a lot of palette knife texture towards the end and we sold this one at the SEWE Signature Gala & Sale when I was the featured artist. A young couple that we’ve become friends with there have started collecting my art, and they bought it just as another collector was walking over to do the same. I couldn’t be happier to send it home with them.Ryan Kirby Quality Guarantee
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