Birds are a popular subject, so there is a lot of great bird art and bird photography available for you to choose from. Enjoy . . .

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This is a very popular bird poster, featuring a crow, but really about the character that archetype represents, rather than the bird itself . . . what does this character/archetype mean to you?

Another popular bird fantasy image, again, all about the character. What character does this image represent to you?

A beautiful and powerful shot of an American Bald Eagle soaring wild and free.

Beautiful and cute, a penguin and chick in their frozen wilderness.

Simple and extremely effective oriental painting of red birds on brances, full of character and simple beauty.

Another beautiful and simple oriental bird painting.

Powerful and free, the Bald Eagle powers its way through the skies of its mountain wilderness.

Pipers on the beach . . . you can almost hear the gentle waves and the breeze . . .

Finely painted study of a beautiful small bird.

Birds of the garden in summer, beautifully depicted on this informative poster.

Vibrant colors and energetic forms combine to great effect in this stunning parrot poster.

Superb flamingo design on this dramatic poster.

A fine example of artistic printmaking.

Great bird image from the Institute of Chicago.

Durer’s famous “little owl”, full of character and warmth.

The well-known “Doves of Peace” by Picasso . . . simple, elegant and superbly effective.

Exquisitely painted wren on the doorknob of an old door. Realistic and beautiful yet comfortably familiar.

Quirky and character-full photo of the head of an ostrich.

A superb piece of fine art, entitled “Black Water”, showing ducks comming in to land in the misty forest lake.

Warblers, by Audubon, the most famous bird painter ever, with his personal style, known worldwide and evocative of early American exploration.

(for more of Audubon’s wonderful art, click here)

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If you want more, don’t worry, here are more than 18,000 bird posters to choose from!

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]]> http://www.wildlife-art-guide.com/blog/bird-as-art/feed 0 http://www.wildlife-art-guide.com/blog/penguin-pictures http://www.wildlife-art-guide.com/blog/penguin-pictures#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:13:49 +0000 admin http://www.wildlife-art-guide.com/blog/?p=168 Some of the world’s best pictures of penguins, including penguin photos and many species of penguins from all around the world.

Cute baby penguin fluffy and warm in it’s insulating down.

Family of penguins in their frozen wilderness.

Picasso’s Penguin . . . probably the most famous penguin artwork

ever . . . a simple design which perfectly captures the penguins character.

Beautiful photo of penguin and chick with wings outstretched standing in the snow.

Parental love, Emperor penguin parents and their chick.

Beautiful photo of mother penguin sheltering her chick.

An Emperor penguin family makes a gorgeous photo.

Emperor penguin and chick . . . beautiful colors and shades, tender motherly love.

A beautiful shot of emperor penguin parent and chick on the ice.

Penguin chick takes its first peak out from the shelter of the parent.

Penguins walk down the edge of an iceberg to dive into the cold blue.

A beautiful shot of Adelie Penguins Lined Up on an Iceberg.

The beautiful colors of penguins in the deep blues of the last of the evening sunlight.

Emperor penguin chick secure in its mother’s care.

A pair of Jackass penguins in South Africa.

1400 more beautiful penguin pictures!

Picasso’s owl . . . simple yet amazingly effective in capturing the essense of “owl”.

Durer’s “little owl” . . . you can really feel the personality of this little owl,

with a certain shyness, and feel the softness of its warm brown plumage.

An Asian brush painting, capturing the essense of the owl

rather than anatomical accuracy. The character of the owl and the

softness of its feathers are obvious in this beautiful portrayal.

The intense gaze of an alert snowy owl, wild and unpredictable.

The feather-lightness of a barn owl, drifting through the air on silent wings.

Barn owls roosting in the safe warmth of a barn window.

Relaxed attention, fascinating camouflaged plumage, of the great horned owl.

Soft attention, gentle alertness.

The warmth and safety of a secure roost in palm fronds.

The intense, alive eye amid the beautiful mottled plumage. Focussed, wild, watchfull.

A snowy owl fluffing up its feathers against the cold of the frozen wilderness,

powerfully capable in its superb adaption to its environment.

Ghost in the shadows, a beautiful, ethereal owl, light and boyant,

delicate and free.

Great grey owl . . . a pwoerful predator with the huge expanse of soft wings

propelling it silently into its unsuspecting prey.

An almost human character in the wise face, the gentle, quiet flight,

focus and awareness, mobility and freedom.

The incredible detail of delicately marked feathers, the other-worldy eyes alert in its environment.

A beautifully marked tawny owl, comfortable and at home in the

spring bluebells of England, the green and pleasant land.

Flight! Boyant and silent, soaring free in the air, alert for movements on the ground below.

The dark and ghostly great grey owl perched silent and still on a stump,

the silent watcher in the night, its softness and beauty

belieing its powerful predatory capability.

The barn owl still yet ready to move into the air in an instant.

Lightness of motion, warm, soft silence and alert presense.

Curious about the great unknown world around them, tawny owl chicks

huddle together for warmth and companionship.

Feathers fluffed up in the cool of the evening,

beauty and feather-light silent ability.

The stunningly bright orange eyes under the strong brows, all senses wide open in its alert beauty.

Intense yet naturally calm focus, as the barn owl comes in

to land on a familiar watching-post.

Hawk owl, its broad wings silently guiding it with powerful, capable

precision, onto its prey under the snow.

Fluffy and warm on the perch, all warm browns,

soft creams and powdery whites.

Snowy owl huddled and fluffed against the cold,

staring through narrowed eyes at its frozen wilderness home.

Silent, boyant flight, soft feathers and clearly focussed purpose.

Stare of amazement from this extraodrinary Ural Owl,

bright golden eyes in the delicately warm grey mottled plumage.

The flight of the wild snowy owl, the capable curves of the wings and

focussed attention, plumage beautiful with delicate whites and strong yet subtle blacks.

Extraordinary intensity of focus from a rare and beautiful short-eared owl in England.

Amazing beauty of brown and white plumage.

Fluffy and strange, young tawny owls watch the world go by.

Snowy owl resting, eyes half-closed in calm security, bright white plumage against the darks of the world.

Bright yellow eyes under strong brows of the buffy fish owl.

Comfortable curiosity from a northern spotted owl,

mottled plumage hiding it in the spotted light of the forest canopy.