"At rest"

Oil on board

40 x 32

Selected for the 2007 Birds in Art at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

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Birds in Art, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum’s annual fall classic in Wausau, Wisconsin, presents the best contemporary artistic interpretations of birds and related subject matter. Each year, approximately 100 works are juried into the invitational event.

“At Rest” captures a quiet moment at Aldie Mill, a historic working gristmill located outside Washington, D.C. Normally filled with the sound of water cascading over the wheel, on this day the mill was at rest and offered the mourning dove a chance to do the same. Though the scene may appear static, the repetition of the waterwheel’s spokes and bolts creates a perceived sense of action and movement that balances the sleeping dove.