Cardinal of Spring
by Darren Fisher
Title
Cardinal of Spring
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A beautiful male Cardinal sitting on a branch covered in flowers. I have used a texture and painting effects to enhance this piece and make it look like a painting. The bright red really grabs your attention and pulls you into the image. It would be gorgeous in any room of your home, an office or even a waiting room.
Cardinals, in the family Cardinalidae, are passerine birds found in North and South America. They are also known as cardinal-grosbeaks and cardinal-buntings. The South American cardinals in the genus Paroaria are placed in another family, the Thraupidae (previously placed in Emberizidae). They are robust, seed-eating birds with strong bills. The family ranges in size from the 12-cm (4.7-in), 11.5-g (0.40-oz) and up orange-breasted bunting to the 25-cm (9.8-in), 85-g (2.99-oz) black-headed saltator. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinctive appearances. The northern cardinal type species was named by colonists for the male's red crest, reminiscent of a Catholic cardinal's biretta.[1]
The "North American buntings" are known as such to distinguish them from buntings. The name "cardinal-grosbeak" can also apply to this family as a whole.
Most species are rated by the IUCN as being of least concern, though some are near threatened.
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May 25th, 2016
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Comments (22)
Sharyn Winters
Your artwork here is just superb. The background colors are so wonderfully done to support the cardinal, and the flowering branch. Whatever method you have used it is gorgeous.
Ericamaxine Price
Congrats on being featured as IMAGE OF THE WEEK in our group The Artistic Aperture! This is a gorgeous picture!
Mary Ann Weger
Congratulations on your beautiful image being featured in "Cards Cards Cards - Note Cards - Greeting Cards - All Media Accepted"!
Jean OKeeffe Macro Abundance Art
Liked and featured on the homepage for Greeting Cards For All Occasions 5-25-16, congratulations!
Vickie Emms
Congratulations Darren, on being chosen as the IMAGE OF THE WEEK in THE ARTISTIC APERTURE GROUP for the week of May 9, 2016. This work is outstanding in my eyes and so deserves this recognition as a large feature on the group Homepage for one week. Not only that, the image has been featured, liked, voted, Facebooked and Tweeted May 26, 2016!
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations on being chosen to have your artwork Featured on the homepage of the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. It is with pride and joy that I can share this beautiful piece of artwork with the FAA art community. Thanks for sharing. like and fave Randy B. Rosenberger (admin of WFS group)
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