It's taken me by surprise .... I've found myself captivated by gulls.
I grew up with gulls - living on the coast in Cornwall they dominate the sea views and rooftops, (but I can't say that I've ever really thought about them). Today, I'm sitting outside my farmhouse on the hill in Brittany watching gulls soar on thermals. This morning, down at the shore, I watched herring gulls diving for fish, and trailing a fishing boat .... they circle my thoughts and have started to appear in my paintings .... it's a new obsession.
P.s. and I'm not the only one, the image below is from June's issue of Spanish Vogue via Sketch42, (gull top by Obey).
I made the collages from my Seagulls (and other birds) Pinboard, (please click thru for photo credits).
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