Gray-headed Kite
by Barry Kent MacKay
Original - Sold
Price
$900
Dimensions
20.000 x 30.000 x 0.250 inches
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Title
Gray-headed Kite
Artist
Barry Kent MacKay
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Compressed Hardboard
Description
This painting of a Gray-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis) is what I call a “vignette”, a “floating” figure against a neutral background. Most hawk-like birds hunt by sitting on a high perch, waiting for prey to emerge; or by soaring above the landscape, actively seeking prey; or by dashing through and around obstacles, hoping to come upon prey by surprise. The first Gray-headed Kite I ever saw seemed to be hunting by walking, along branches high up in trees in a forest in the lowlands of Costa Rica. Apparently, they do this at times. The Gray-headed Kite is found from southern Mexico south through Central America into South America as far south as southern Brazil and Uruguay. A rather slender, medium-sized raptor, the kite weighs in between about 400 and 600 grams. The flight reminds me of an accipiter, with several wing flaps followed by a glide. Like accipiters, it has rounded wings and a longish tail. Immature birds come in two colour morphs, one dark and one light, the latter with a dark crown that quite alters its appearance from the adult. I did this painting, life-size, as a vignette, in acrylics on compressed hardboard, 20 by 30 inches. $900.00. Sold.
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March 4th, 2021
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