Dead Black Buzzard, found along the road in urban neighborhood. The dead bird was kept in a cooled room and painted for about a week until the smell got too bad. The carcass was then buried. Two years passed, and then the background was modified with very thin layers of warm grays and yellows with tint of earth green.
Fine Belgian linen is glued to birch panel with rabbit skin glue, prepared with lead white oil ground in the traditional manner.