I found an old piece of driftwood, lay it down and painted some ravens on it. Standing, straddling the roughened board, 2×12″, I stood it up — balanced in the dried grasses, of a hillock overlooking the south reaches of Lopez Island. Watching them, a gathering, a murder — as they are called, they study what’s happening, all day…
Girvin paints ravens not just because they’re there but because he lives in Seattle, where a 17th century, six-panel, ink-and-gold-on-paper Japanese crow screen is a highlight at the Seattle Asian Art Museum.
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