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The Aviary is a series that encourages the viewer to form a connection with the subject by incorporating human elements into nature.
Hear the story behind the painting of Elizabeth I painting from MC Nagel.
Yellow warbler dressed in Elizabeth I’s coronation attire.
This catbird sports a turban and cape, props from Rembrandt’s paintings.
This proud English robin is dressed in full military regalia.
This kildeer is ready for the tide to come in with his short pants.
This brown thrasher has just been dignified with an award.
This proud warbler is flamboyantly dressed in her finery.
Pen and ink.
Hear about the story behind the art from artist, MC Nagel, about her pen and ink drawing, Ned the Fly.
“I want people to think a little bit more about how the monarch butterfly needs an environment to survive.”
Presque Isle state park in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Grease pencil on plexiglass, over an abstract acrylic painting.
Grease pencil on acrylic.
Double canvas.