Turkey View
by Rick Hansen
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Dimensions
8.000 x 11.000 inches
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Title
Turkey View
Artist
Rick Hansen
Medium
Drawing - Pen/ink
Description
Pen and ink (ball point pen) portrait of a turkey. This is one of the many drawing's from my travels.
Third Place win in the Fine Art America contest "Gobble Gobble" November 2023.
From Wikipedia:
The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, native to North America. There are two extant turkey species: the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) of eastern and central North America and the ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Males of both turkey species have a distinctive fleshy wattle, called a snood, that hangs from the top of the beak. They are among the largest birds in their ranges. As with many large ground-feeding birds (order Galliformes), the male is bigger and much more colorful than the female.
Native to North America, the wild species was bred as domesticated turkey by indigenous peoples. It was this domesticated turkey that later reached Eurasia, during the Columbian exchange. In English, "turkey" probably got its name from the domesticated variety being imported to Britain in ships coming from the Turkish Levant via Spain. The British at the time therefore associated the bird with the country Turkey and the name prevailed.[1][2][3] An alternative theory posits that another bird, a guinea fowl native to Madagascar introduced to England by merchants trading to Turkey, was the original source, and that the term was then transferred to the New World bird by English colonizers with knowledge of the previous species.[4]
A male ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) with a blue head
The earliest turkeys evolved in North America over 20 million years ago. They share a recent common ancestor with grouse, pheasants, and other fowl. The wild turkey species is the ancestor of the domestic turkey, which was domesticated approximately 2,000 years ago.
Second Place Tie in Fine Art America's contest "BLACK AND WHITE ANIMAL ARTS", 3 April 2024.
FIRST PLACE WIN in THE BEST BIRD contest. 28 May 2023
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June 4th, 2019
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Comments (134)
Sarah Irland 15 Days Ago
Congratulations, Rick, on your Win in the Black and White Animal Arts Contest for this wonderful drawing! L/F
Hiroko Stumpf
Congratulations Rick, on your 3rd place win in the " ONE BIRD TRADITIONAL" Contest! L/F
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Rick, on your win in the One Bird Traditional Contest for this wonderful drawing! L/F
Taphath Foose
CONGRATULATIONS on your THIRD PLACE tied-win in the One Bird Traditional contest!!! Beautiful win, Rick!! :)
Rick Hansen replied:
Taphath, Thank you for taking there time to host a fantastic contest! I am honored and humbled to have won Third Place!! Thank you again!!
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Turkey View composition, lighting, shading, excellent bw and artwork! F/L voted
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your wonderful art has been featured in ABC Group from our "H is for HEAD " themed week, NOVEMBER 6, 2023 to NOVEMBER 13, 2023.
Rick Hansen replied:
Pamela, Thank you for featuring my drawing in your ABC group "H is for HEAD " themed week, NOVEMBER 6, 2023 to NOVEMBER 13, 2023.
Hanne Lore Koehler
Congratulations, Rick, on your GOBBLE GOBBLE contest win with this awesome turkey ink drawing! L/F
Mary Machare
This is marvelous, Rick. Your pen work is excellent and the expression on the turkey is priceless! LF
Rick Hansen
Barbara, Thank you for featuring my drawing in your group "Hand Created Paintings Drawings and Mixed Media"!
Conni Schaftenaar
Amazing pen work, Rick! congrats on your 1st place win in the Your Best Bird Drawing contest! F
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