Great Horned Owl Painting

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folk;

I created a tight cropped head, and because I nopticed that my oil paintings were the majority preferences, I
decided to create another oil painting using Alien Skin Art Rage, a little pricey of the other painting programs I have,
but after using it I would have saved money having it, and just a couple of the others.

After looking at some of the other OOTB postings I don't think a simple oil painting is anywhere near the top of the list,
and eons behind Maureen Allen's bubbles which IMHO is the envelope pushing #1 OOTB submission in my time here as
a poster in the greatest Forum of them all.

Here is my simple tight cropped Great Horned Owl oil painting from a capture taken next door up in a Eucolyptus tree.
Frames optional after printing on canvas

Comments always welcomed

Gus

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

Owl doesn't look as great on BPN default as my desktop. To see more of the oil painting strokes, Click View>Zoom>150%. I notice all posts improve when you do that.

Best regards

Gus

[Jay Sheinfield]

Looks good to me. love the tight crop. The processing seems perfect for the subject. Killer eyes.......way to go , Gus!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Gus, I love this painting! The eyes are great! Today at 5am while driving down the highway I saw a lovely Snowy Owl sitting on top of a street light. Gonna have to looking for it tomorrow in the daylight.

[Indranil Sircar]

This is excellent, Gus! Certainly killer eyes! Love the painting effect and tight crop really works well here. TFS.

[denise ippolito]

Very nice work Gus, the oil painting really stands out and the tight crop works well with it!

[Brendan Dozier]

Great job, Gus, looks like a real oil on canvas, love that face and tight crop works well!

[Nancy Bell]

Gus, what a great oil painter you are! I really like the slightly cocked head and of course, those big yellow eyes.