The Fantasy Flock was created for the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center's tradeshow booth. The artist's only charge was to create "a painting of face-melting beauty that will draw people from across a crowded hall." Of course, Julie Zickefoose wanted to convey the idea of migration, and depict birds that were not only attractive but imperiled in some way.

Blog posts from January 27-31 walk readers
through my process in creating the Fantasy Flock painting. I keep my camera at hand while I paint, and it's just as much fun for me to explain the process as it is to execute the painting.

For the complete series see:

http://www.juliezickefoose.com/blog/archive
/2008_01_01_juliezickefoose_archive.html

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