Goldcrests Riding Rainbow began life as a soft pastel painting in 2018. It was inspired from a visit to Sheffield Botanical Gardens with a friend. We were sat on a bench there when she commented that a goldcrest was sitting on a branch behind us - so close to me, just behind my ear!
You can see the original pastel painting on my instagram page (@thecosmicbirds) but I decided in 2020 to try painting the scene in acrylics and oil pastels. The left goldcrest was completed then and the idea to make a triptych scene came in 2021 where I completed the middle and right sided goldcrest.
Goldcrests Riding Rainbow is housed on 20cm x 20cm canvas board (1.5cm depth). It was painted with acrylics and sennelier oil pastels. It has been sprayed with Sennelier Oil Pastel fixative and received 3 coats of Liquitex satin varnish. The Cosmic Birds stamp of authentication is on the rear of each canvas board.
Each canvas board will be wrapped individually for protection, boxed, and sent with first class delivery.
