5414. Cheltenham 2023 (4)

I mentioned in my last post that there were a lot of birds painted at this year’s Cheltenham Paint Festival, and this outstanding goldfinch by N4T4 is another fine example. Goldfinches happen to be one of my favourite birds and have been the subject of several haikus on this blog. Perhaps I’ll share them at the end of this post , although don’t get your hopes up – expectations need to be managed.

N4T4 is no stranger to Natural Adventures, although posts of his work are confined to festival appearances, I’m not sure where he calls home, but I haven’t seen any of his works outside a festival. All the other pieces I have seen by N4T4 have been portraits, so this is rather different, although his trademark patterning running through the piece is present. This is a stunning piece and one of my favourites from the festival.

Some haikus about Goldfinches:

Charming

Charm

Lucky Charm

Meeting

Haiku 7