Impressionism Savannah Georgia Summer Oil Painting Bird Girl SOLD

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Impressionism Savannah Georgia Summer Oil Painting Bird Girl

I painted this original oil as one of many in my never ending collection of bird girl paintings. I have done watercolors, oil and mixed media. The Bird Girl became a fascination of mine ever since first visiting Savannah and Bonaventure cemetery, where this statue original stood. After it became famous it had to be moved. It was sculpted by Sylvia Shaw Judson in 1936. The book “Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil” made this figure of the bird girl famous. It was the cover of the book “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil a non-fiction work by John Berendt.”

To me it came to symbolize good and evil, the girl holding bowls for seeds to feed the birds, she appears to hold scales, weighing or keeping the balance between the two opposing sides of life. The passions of humans in all their doings, but especially in love and relationships. As the world turns, there is always the presence of temptation to take the wrong path. To follow emotions and cast good judgement or common sense aside. The bird girl, so innocent, so simple, minimalist in appearance as if saying: “Look it’s not that hard to figure out, things are not as complicated as they seem.   Good & Evil, you know when you see it. Yes Love is forever if you work at it and want it to be!”

Yes I know I have a vivid imagination, maybe that is why I ended up making art. The bird girl will always be in my repertoire. I painted her under the moon, the sun, the blood moon and who knows how I will paint her next.
I really want to go back to Savannah soon again. When I was there, especially on my extended trip to take photos for my art, I took hundreds of photos in Bonaventure cemetery.  I accidentally formatted the disc they were on. Lost them all. Not all trip photos, I also went to Charleston and some parts of Florida at the time, but all the Bonaventure Cemetery photos were lost. I hope you love the painting and buy it. It really is fantastic. Lots of texture, oil paint and gorgeous colors. It has especially deep 2.5 inch sides that are painted black.