That is an absolutely fantastic picture! You captured the tawny's "I am a branch" spirit so well andthe colours are gorgeous. :-)
And speakingof synchronicities, I had a Tawny in care up until yesterday. He was an adult male, mildly concussed from a car hit- or so I thought. I noticed thoughafter a few dyas that his left pupil continued to be massively dilated & non-reactive. Had the vets scope his eye and it turns out he had a detached & atrophied retina, probably a very old injury. Sadly he wan't going to be rehab-able, so I had to have him euthanised, which breaks my heart- we were starting to bond over the force feeding every evening. Maybe he could have been okay in the wild again, but he was underweight which makes me think he wasn't able to hunt well, plus he'd be easy prey for other beasts and fast drivers. :-(
Yeah, sometimes my work really sucks.but I feel that Mr. Branchy Bird lives on in your painting. :-)
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Date: 2008-01-19 10:06 am (UTC)And speakingof synchronicities, I had a Tawny in care up until yesterday. He was an adult male, mildly concussed from a car hit- or so I thought. I noticed thoughafter a few dyas that his left pupil continued to be massively dilated & non-reactive. Had the vets scope his eye and it turns out he had a detached & atrophied retina, probably a very old injury. Sadly he wan't going to be rehab-able, so I had to have him euthanised, which breaks my heart- we were starting to bond over the force feeding every evening. Maybe he could have been okay in the wild again, but he was underweight which makes me think he wasn't able to hunt well, plus he'd be easy prey for other beasts and fast drivers. :-(
Yeah, sometimes my work really sucks.but I feel that Mr. Branchy Bird lives on in your painting. :-)