Nancy L Smith "Great Mother's Nature" at the Joyful Jewel 1-8-14

"Great Mother's Nature"
by Nancy L. Smith

I love the interesting sequence of the words Nancy L. Smith chose for her acrylic and mixed media painting, "Great Mother's Nature."  There must be so much more to the story than I see at first or even second look.  There is a real bird's nest with a tiny egg, several wise women attendants, and then I see that there is another larger nurturing presence.  Do you see it too?  That is one lucky egg -- and a lucky planet too where this tiny egg has been magnified.  I, too, am lucky -- having discovered a painting with so much tenderness and evocations to enrich my day.

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Nancy L Smith "Broody Chicken" at the Joyful Jewel 7-25-13

"Broody Chicken"

Nancy L Smith

Acrylic on Canvas & Mixed Media, 12" x 12"

$100

          This colorful Broody Hen of Nancy L Smith's fits the definition I found of what it means to be a broody hen.  Although turned away, she is keeping a keen eye on you -- "Don't even think of taking my eggs," she says.  The colors intensify her point that she means what she says.

Taken from "My Pet Chicken" blog:  Her warning means, "Stay back, this nest is mine for hatching!" Actually, we find it charming when our hens are broody--they are beautiful when they're angry! Once a day or so your hen may emerge from her nest like a whirling dervish: all her feathers will be ruffled out so she will look VERY BIG. She will hold her wings out from her body to give herself even more apparent size.. . . .

Nancy probably knows all about this as she paints the chickens from what she sees in her own backyard!

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