Birds

Painted while Art Jonker was studying the work of Paul Gauguin. Like much of Gauguin's work, this painting is characterized by bright colors, flat subjects, and somewhat unreal color selections. The items in this painting are selections of tropical life forms that would not necessarily ever be found together. The birds are made much more exciting and " parrot-like" by their bright colors. In reality the birds were black in color and vulture-like in appearance.