About this Painting

Scruffy

• 5 x 5 x 1.5 inches
• Acrylic & Graphic on Canvas
• Shown are the three in this series so you can see the depth and color of the sides. Only one raven is sold on this page, Scruffy.

Introducing Scruffy, the inaugural raven in an audacious character collection that celebrates nature's most gloriously disheveled bird. This 5x5x1.5 inch canvas captures a raven in all its untamed glory—feathers askew, attitude intact. Unlike their crow cousins, ravens wear their scruffy plumage as a badge of wild authenticity. Perched on a weathered branch deep within a shadowy pine forest, Scruffy commands the composition with fearless presence. Bold abstract elements and dynamic graphite work collide across the acrylic surface, creating visual tension and raw artistic energy. A daring small-scale statement piece for collectors who refuse to play it safe.

Having completed a commission painting that involved three ravens, I was inspired to paint a series of them. The small-sized canvases are sure to be collectors' treasures.

I plan to paint twelve of them in series of three. So, each series of three will have its own character and look.

The source material is used by permission from Derek Sallmann who created the video from which I took screenshots. You might like to watch it. Search YouTube for this title: "ID Tips: American Crow vs. Common Raven."