the
people
acrylic on canvas
30x40"
original
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The
story behind the artwork
My painting the people, shows two sandhill cranes in the foreground. They are staring at the viewer, one questioningly, the other more alertly. Two individuals reacting in their own individual ways to the approaching human. The marsh stretches out in the background, homeland of the cranes. In the distance a colony of cranes gather as the red glow of a setting sun burns beyond them. I like how there is something prehistoric looking about this painting. The birds have a powerful presence as if descendants of great dinosaurs might.