Description
“Small Wonders: Nuthatch Upside” by Laureen Marchand features a female white breasted nuthatch painted in miniature in oil on panel. This surprising bird, often seen upside down in a tree or feeder, is an active, agile little creature. Because we so often see the white breasted nuthatch with its neck craned as if it were searching for answers as much as food, perhaps it is asking what changes we plan to make to protect it.
Laureen Marchand’s miniature bird paintings offer the chance to hold in our hands an inspiration for nature-based solutions to the climate crisis. And in doing so, she provides a period of peace. These oil paintings are ecological art meant to add joy and bring a smile to your face.
Miniature paintings have existed for centuries. They continue to develop and to strengthen the bonds between past and present. The miniature often has greater value in less industrialized countries; western culture is inclined to equate better with bigger. Because this western value is one of the reasons the world is in the fix it is, Laureen Marchand wants to offer some small alternative.
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