Capturing Winged Resilience: Rainy Day Triptych

Rainy days always draw me to my easel. There's something about the muted light and gentle patter that sparks my creativity. This time, it inspired a triptych I've titled "Birds on Another Rainy Day."

As I worked on these three canvases, I found myself less concerned with depicting precise details and more focused on capturing the essence of birds navigating through the rain. In the first piece, I used soft, blended strokes to suggest a bird's form emerging from the misty background. It was like painting a feeling rather than a subject.

Moving to the second canvas, I introduced more vertical lines, mimicking raindrops. The bird here is more defined, yet still partially obscured. I wanted to convey that dance of visibility and concealment you see when watching birds on a rainy day.

In the final piece, I let my brushstrokes become bolder. The bird's form is clearer, almost breaking through the atmospheric background. As I painted, I thought about resilience - how these small creatures carry on despite the weather.

My color choices - warm earth tones with touches of cool gray - were intuitive. They felt right for conveying both the melancholy and the strange comfort of a rainy day.

Creating this triptych was a meditative process for me. Each piece built on the last, telling a story of movement and atmosphere. It's not just about birds in rain; it's about finding beauty in challenging conditions, about the interplay between subject and environment.

As I look at the finished works, I see more than what I consciously painted. They've captured something of my own feelings about perseverance and finding grace in difficult times. I hope viewers will connect with that emotion and perhaps see rainy days - and the life that continues within them - in a new light.