Owl Art

The story behind the art:

When we lived in the village we had no views! Nada, none!  So, when we moved to the hill where we live now, we so fell in love with all our "views" and the wildlife that came into our lives.
About four years ago, we discovered some owls had hatched babies in the cliffs we drove next to to get to our hill.  We watched the little white fluffy babies watching us as we returned home from work each late afternoon.  All their heads and eyes would move in unison as we slowly drove up the road watching them, lol.  They gradually changed from white to their young tans and browns, and would sun themselves in the late afternoon on one of the ledges of the cliffs.

I have been known to do artwork that reminds me of the birds we have around us on a daily basis.  We do see an owl once in a while in the cliffs still but only once did we get to see the family.  I was inspired by CPS's reader challenge to do something with buttons.  Owl eyes of course!  The buttons are some I have had in my collection for many years.

Here is the

cliffs up close taken from my car window as I drive by.  You might be able to see the swallow nests too.

Here is the view of the cliffs from my deck, and one of my husband's art birds.

And here is the quiltie with free motion owls with their button eyes.

This was a fun little quiltie to make.  I pretty much "drew" the owls with free motion then added the vintage button eyes.