American Barn Owl
by Amy E Fraser
Title
American Barn Owl
Artist
Amy E Fraser
Medium
Painting - Oil Pastel On Paper
Description
The American Barn Owl by Amy E. Fraser. This is an expressive female barn owl portrait in shades of peach, purple, gray, gold and white with intelligent brown eyes complimented with a wisteria purple gray textural background.
The American barn owl (Tyto furcata) is usually considered a subspecies group and together with the western barn owl group, the eastern barn owl group, and sometimes the Andaman masked owl, make up the barn owl, cosmopolitan in range. The American barn owl is native to North and South America, and has been introduced to Hawaii. The American barn owl is a medium-sized, pale-colored owl with long wings and a short, square shaped tail. The shape of the tail is a means of distinguishing the barn owl from typical owls when seen in the air. Other distinguishing features are the undulating flight pattern and the dangling, feathered legs. The pale face with its heart shape and black eyes give the flying bird a distinctive appearance, like a flat mask with oversized, oblique black eye-slits, the ridge of feathers above the beak somewhat resembling a nose. The bird's head and upper body typically vary between pale brown and some shade of grey especially on the forehead and back. Some are purer, richer brown instead, and all have fine black-and-white speckles except on the main wing feathers, which are light brown with darker bands. The heart-shaped face is usually bright white, but in some subspecies it is brown. The underparts, including the lower leg feathers, vary from white to reddish buff among the subspecies, and are either mostly un-patterned or bear a varying number of tiny blackish-brown speckles. The beak varies from pale horn to dark buff, corresponding to the general plumage hue, and the iris is blackish brown. The talons, like the beak, vary in color, ranging from pink to dark pinkish-grey and the talons are black. On average within any one population, males tend to have fewer spots on the underside and are paler in color than females. The latter are also larger with a strong female T. alba of a large subspecies weighing over 19 ounces, while males are typically about 10% lighter. A female American Barn Owl is depicted in this portrait.
Amy E. Fraser’s Oil Pastel Animal Portrait series is an impassioned tribute to the beauty and magic of our beloved Animal Kingdom. Fun, gestural and energetic, these vibrant animals are painted in a stylized realism that is imbued with distinctive character and personality.
The American Barn Owl by Amy E. Fraser. Animal Portrait Paintings created from the artist’s intense connection to and love for all creatures great and small. Oil Pastel on archival paper. All images copyright Amy E. Fraser. All rights reserved.
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