Bird Egg Art

Springtime has long been a favorite subject of artists in all manner of disciplines. Paintings, songs, literature, and cinema – all seem to worship the vitality and exuberance of a world coming back to life after a season of death and frozen animation. In visual art, few images are so representative of this ideal than bird eggs. Bird egg art gives a glimpse into the process of rebirth that follows harsh winter, and the sign from nature that song and beauty will soon once again take over the natural world.

A series of bird egg art paintings called “Bird Studies” by California – born American artist Paula Scaletta juxtaposes bird eggs with adult songbirds and floral backgrounds, all powerful imagery of springtime and renewal. “Bird Study I,” “Bird Study II,” and “Bird Study III” all employ this theme, though to differing effects and variations in each print. “Bird Study II” has a particularly fine use of texture and composition, with the vertical arrangement of speckled bird eggs and the interposition of bird against graceful flower stems.