Bird in Loquat Tree Canvas Print

When bar-hopping and hangovers tormented my youth, I hated the loquat tree. The fragrance of the sweet loquats brought the birds, flocks of birds of many kinds. Just before sunrise outside my bedroom window, the festivities would commence. Their chattering and squawking was worse than Happy Hour at the local pub. I lay there in bed holding the pillow around my aching head cursing the birds and that loquat tree. Today I watched the birds arrive. Disappearing into the safety of the tree, their joyful raucous made me grateful. My drinking days had ended.

Spadecaller is an experienced traditional artist, who creates original hand-painted digital images and photo composite artworks. In the late fifties at eight years old, Spadecaller started formal training in traditional oil painting.Through considerable personal sacrifice, his mother nurtured his artistic talents and provided him with the tools to launch his creative journey. Spadecaller attended The School of Visual Arts in New York City (1970-71), and during the 70's up until the late 80's, he exhibited acrylic and oils in Montreal and New York. Due to the onset of chronic illness in the late nineties and with the advent of image editing software, he turned to creating digital hand painted images and photographic art. Artwork by...