Today's painting completes the "Grand Slam" with the Eastern wild turkey. The weather outside is cold, windy and rainy. I decided to make this painting as spring beautiful as I could. One of my favorite parts of turkey hunting on a beautiful spring day is just sitting, listening, smelling and feeling the morning. As I painted this, I thought about birds singing and the temperature rising as a spring morning passes. I tried to create a good spot in the background for a hunter to tuck into. I've always said, I hunt in black and white. Since I've started these paintings, more of my hunting time will be in color!
