A painted angel flying through a sky filled with golden stars, warm golds and soft blues on a square canvas

Birds

Bird-themed work from the Lesley Long collection, spanning paintings, works on paper, and mixed-media pieces.

Showing 1–9 of 25 results in this category
“Running Bird” · “Black Swan” · “Golden Eye”
“I’m a Straight A Student” · “Anteater Meets the North Wind” (cross-listed)
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Bird Works

Two-ink risograph-style print of stylized figures and birds in soft layered tones on textured paper — “Running Bird”

Painting of a pink cat with two birds perched beside it, warm pink and green background — “Golden Eye”

Painting of cats gathered around a pentacle shape, moody dark blues and greens — “Black Swan”

Stylized portrait of a bearded pig with a small bird, warm earthy color blocks — “I’m a Straight A Student”

Painted circus horse with a bird character, bright playful colors — “Anteater Meets the North Wind”

Small illustration of a pig flying with wings, framed by a decorative border — “Baby Cow”

Further bird pieces in this category appear across the gallery pages; browse Galleries for the full set of themed collections.

This gallery gathers bird-themed work from the Lesley Long collection, where painted creatures share space with works on paper and mixed-media pieces. The range suggests a studio practice that treats birds as both subject and excuse for experimentation: some pieces read as careful observation of plumage and posture, others as looser, more playful interpretations shaped by pigment, texture, and whatever the surface allowed. The presentation is deliberately plain, letting each image carry the weight rather than framing it with decorative clutter or heavy branding.

The selection spans recognizable titles such as Running Bird, Black Swan, and Golden Eye, alongside more whimsical entries like I'm a Straight A Student and a piece cross-listed under other animals in the collection. That cross-listing is characteristic of the broader archive, where categories such as cats, dogs, pigs, ducks, roosters, and other farm and wild creatures overlap. Such overlap reflects an ongoing curiosity about animals as recurring motifs across paintings, ceramics, masks, tiles, and papier-mache work.

Beyond the bird category, the wider body of work on the site extends to ceramics, papier-mache, masks, tiles, and paintings, and it includes a broader "stuff" of collected objects and day-to-day items. Browsing is organized through galleries and category views, with sorting options for popularity, average rating, latest additions, and price order. The utilitarian structure is functional rather than elaborate, echoing a document-like layout in which long paragraphs, sharp-cornered frames, and strong contrast do most of the visual work.

For visitors arriving with a specific interest in farm and animal subjects, the bird category offers an accessible entry point into the collection's playful, sometimes humorous tone. Creatures are rendered with affection and wit rather than strict realism, and titles often carry more personality than the imagery itself. The gallery pages are meant to be scrolled and studied, with images presented at a consistent scale so the eye can move freely between them. Additional bird pieces appear further into the category, rewarding the kind of unhurried browsing that the sparse, gallery-style design encourages.

Related Collections

Dogs — the Doggie Style collection.
Ceramics — ceramic masks, tiles, and sculptural forms.
Galleries — themed collections across animals and media.

Questions & Commissions

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