Kevin (the Bird)

This is my painting of a wild partridge that my nephew John Pitera named “Kevin” ……John regularly feeds him near his summer camp in Booneville, NY. I wondered how he came to be feeding the wild bird. John told me the following story:

“ In August 2018 I was picking raspberries; I looked over and a bird was starring at me…….of course I threw him the raspberries, and the relationship began from there….Kevin has made it through two winters now and hangs around in the same area where we met…….that’s why he is still alive…..I feed him to keep him healthy……so far so good this year” (2020).

Johns story touched me so I decided to paint Kevin for him.