Goldfinch

I painted it in May when there are a lot of baby birds around. I didn’t want to paint a bird at all, but it appeared as it usually happens when using accidental painting

techniques. Soon after the work was finished my husband found a dying baby finch. My daughter saved it feeding every 15 minutes — it survived and went to the birds’ sanctuary. Interesting that in some medieval painting traditions, goldfinch was a symbol of Christ’s Passion and his crown of thorns.