After seeing a friend do painting with birds at the American Eagle Foundation in Tennessee, Smith wondered if the newly-retired Ferrisburgh would enjoy it too.

To hear Miki Harder talk or to see her recent paintings, you’d think birds were a lifelong obsession. But no. Before it was birds, she painted horses as a girl, then dolphins and whales, then ...

But that trend exists outside of the twee boutiques, infiltrating our culture for a much better cause at Portland's two-day Wild Arts Festival, where 6-inch-by-6-inch bird paintings have become a ...

Flowers and birds were favorite subjects of paintings in ancient China, offering a kind of special aesthetic interest. Flower-and-bird painting originated from the Tang Dynasty (618-907).