This piece celebrates the arrival
of spring. I know for many of you it’s
nothing but unending cold, ice and snow (wish you could send some to me). Here in the Arizona desert, we are in a major
drought. January and February are our rainiest
months (we only get a little over 7” a year).
Many people think most of the moisture comes in the summer when we get
the monsoons. We have had no rain and
none is in the forecast for the rest of February. We are also having record high temps with
days like today being in the 80s. So it
feels like spring here and many of the plants in my courtyard are in full bloom
with the bees busily collecting nectar.
The piece is made from a Bird
Shadowbox Shrine Kit and a 2”
Wooden Spool. I used two layers of
Picket Fence Distress Crackle paint on the bird and then picked off some of the
pieces of crackle to give it a more aged look.
