Male wood duck

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Lovely interpretation of a handsome duck Nancy! The greens are gorgeous!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Wed 14 Oct 08:34:01

Decidedly loose and fresh , super subject , beautifully done .

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Wed 14 Oct 09:30:32

Lovely posts Nancy

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Wed 14 Oct 09:50:23

I think you succeeded Nancy, beautiful.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 14 Oct 18:47:15

lovely painting

Posted by anne cooper on Wed 14 Oct 20:55:17

Lovely loose painting, Nancy.

Posted by Chandra Ward on Fri 16 Oct 13:40:46

Thank you all! I really appreciate the comments and encouragement! keeps me going.....

Posted by Nancy Farrar Coughlin on Fri 20 Nov 03:44:00

Very lovely, Nancy.

Posted by Jennifer Alsop on Mon 23 Nov 09:52:39

Thank you Jennifer

Posted by Nancy Farrar Coughlin on Mon 23 Nov 19:48:08

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14/10/2015

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Watercolor, this spring Mr. and Mrs. Wood Duck visited us many times on our back deck outside my studio. They hung out on the railing, and popped down for bird seed and almost knocked on the glass door to come in! His young bright colors are amazing. Tried to be loose and fresh, and also tried to capture many of the different greens on his body.

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Nancy Farrar Coughlin

I have recently escaped to the coast, to Grays Harbor in the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. I love nature, being outdoors, the ocean as well as the woods. I am grateful for life, after a ruptured appendix and a year of healing recently; I am treasuring every day! It was time to move…

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