December 7, 2024 – January 5, 2025
EA Zappa: For the Birds In an exhibit of colorful paintings. EA Zappa celebrates a newfound fascination with birds, telling a story of his joyous connection with nature and the passage of time. An avid outdoorsman, the painter is also a trained musician, a self-taught artist, and most recently, a birdwatcher. Known for his portraits and landscapes, he works in water-based oil paint, working with photographs, his own and others, always with an imaginative touch. The elaborate frames are assembled by Zappa, using bright sparkle glue, colored pencil, beads, cloth, burlap, felt, and toothpicks, expressing the artist’s creative joy and enthusiasm For the Birds.
Birds have a unique way of bringing us joy, especially during uncertain times. My interest in them took flight, literally and figuratively, during the Covid pandemic. Like many, I was working from home and my studio. I placed a bird feeder ten feet from the window overlooking the front garden and I was captivated.