James Hooey Kelowna Bird Carver

Watercolours

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Please visit my watercolour blog.

Blue Jay

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Loon

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I really enjoy the process of carving and painting birds. This takes many hours, shaping
texturing and burning of all the feathers. The painting brings the birds to life.

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James Hooey Kelowna Bird Carver

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James Hooey Kelowna Bird Carver

Art Walk-Lake Country......September 12-13,09

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I will be exhibiting my art in the Art Walk show this coming September 12-13. Please come by and view what i have to display . Both paintings and wood carvings will be available to for purchase and I look forward to meeting everyone.

Osprey

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The Osprey is 'Sold' to a very happy couple from Vernon B.C. Thanks to Art Walk 2009 for giving me the opportunity to display my paintings and carvings.

James Hooey - Bird Carving - Kelowna B.C.-Canada

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Initially carving for pleasure during the last fifteen years, I am now developing and perfecting my carving skills at the yearly summer workshops in Sorrento for the past four years.

To bring a piece of wood to exact dimensions and colour of the living species gives me great personal satisfaction. When my birds look real enough to fly, I know I have accomplished a piece of art.

Watercolor and Bird Carver
James Hooey Kelowna

Carvings

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Carvings to click and view

Blue Jay Bird Carving

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The Canadian Blue Jay is a bird that I am very familiar with from my days in Ontario.

As a bird carver in Kelowna it has taken me many years to achieve this level of proficiency.

Recently I finished this Blue Jay carving. I was able to carve this Blue Jay with approximately two weeks of total work.

Description

The Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata is a little larger than an American Robin, about 30 cm in length from the tip of its bill to the tip of its tail. A white-faced bird with a blue crest, back, wings, and tail, it is strongly marked with black and white. Male and female Blue Jays are very similar in appearance.

The crest, an elongated crown of feathers found in many jays, is raised or lowered according to the bird’s mood. In moments of high excitement and aggression the crest may be fully erected, forming a prominent peak.

When the Blue Jay is greatly surprised or excited, the crest points forward. If the bird is frightened, the crest bristles out like a bottle brush. The Blue Jay’s crest position, when erected, is emphasized by a black band that crosses over the back of the head, a continuation of the broad band or necklace across the chest.

However, when the bird is feeding among other jays, when it is ready to flee, or when it is quietly resting, the crest is laid flat on top of the head, giving the bird a quite different and somewhat untidy appearance.

The Blue Jay’s scientific name is derived from Greek and Latin words and means, in reverse order, "crested, blue chattering bird," an apt designation. The Blue Jay belongs to the crow family, or Corvidae, a group of 100 related species including ravens, rooks, jackdaws, crows, magpies, and jays. Some of these species are the largest members of the order Passeriformes, or perching songbirds.

The family, which appears around the world, is best represented in the northern hemisphere. These birds are of ancient lineage; fossil remains of corvids have been identified from Miocene deposits 25 million years old.

To find our more information about Blue Jays visit Hinterlands Who’s Who

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James HooeyKelowna – Watercolours and Bird Carvings
jdhooeyca@gmail.com
250-764-4121

Bird Carvings Kelowna

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