Love This! Peculiar Paintings Featuring People + Birds...

Today, I thought we'd look at some very whimisical art featuring people and birds. That's right--two different artists depicting people doing something with birds. Peculiar, isn't it? So lets get right to it...

Artist #1: Dominique Fortin

A Montreal-based artist, Fortin's work has a very ethereal, fairy-tale-esque quality to me.  Her paintings seem to reside in the childhood world of play, and of magic, and because of this, I couldn't enjoy her work more (I was a big believer in fairies when I was young!). She does a wide variety of paintings of various subject matter, but I've only included the works that contain birds below. You can view more of her work on her website, here. 

Artist #2: Elizabeth Mayville

Although her work is extremely different than Fortin's, I adore Mayville's paintings because of their style and peculiarity. Straightforward, yet totally bizarre, I'm in love with her portraits of people with birds on their heads, which I've included below. I mean, how funny, right!? But if you take a look at her site, you'll see that Mayville is an EXTREMELY talented painter, whether she's depicting people, wildlife, or still life. I love her style, and hope you do, too! You can view more of her work on her website, here. 

Although there is no person with this bird, I love the painting so much that I had to include it...

Makes me want to paint some birds, you know? 

So here's to a day full of whimsy, playfulness, and the somewhat bizarre ;)

Namaste!
Mary Catherine