#SuperSizedSunday:
Linda Guenste (USA, b.1959)
A Murder of #Crows, n.d.
Oil in linen, w80 x h48 in.
On display at Michener Art Museum
#BirdsInArt #WomenArtists

photo of the painting in thin frame on display at museum

closeup of the bird head (vulture)

gallery sign: “Over and Above, No. 14 1964 Clarence Holbrook Carter (1904-2000) Oil on canvas On loan from the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Mari and James A. Michener 1968. 3.3.1995 When describing his Over and Above series, Carter wrote, "from this strange world of fact and fancy stare back images, both real and unreal, of what perhaps we might be to others, but never to ourselves—the Somebody Else." Carter's work is often associated with magic realism, a naturalistic painterly style that includes elements of strangeness within the work's composition. While Over and Above introduces an unsettling confrontation with a large bird through direct eye contact, the white barrier simultaneously distances us from them. This uncanny interaction with a strange creature blurs the boundary between the human and the animal.”

#SupersizedSunday:
Clarence Holbrook Carter (USA, 1904-2000)
Over and Above, No. 14
1964
Oil on canvas, 75 3/16 x 77 3/16 in. (191 x 196 cm)
On display at Michener Art Museum
#BirdsInArt #Vulture