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This abstract painting titled "Blackbird of the Wetlands" is inspired by the Red-winged Blackbird found abundantly in the Mid-Atlantic swamps and forests of the eastern United States. The bright red and yellow-gold markings against a mostly-black coloring make this bird a main attraction of the wetlands. It's screeching calls make it hard to ignore. This square image area is ideal for the unique square-shaped frames.

David Ralph is a contemporary artist and illustrator currently living in Maryland. David's style of painting and illustration can best be described as geometric abstraction with influences ranging from the cubist paintings of Pablo Picasso to the primitive, cutout shapes of Henri Matisse. Other notable influences for David were Paul Cezanne's fragmented landscapes and the geometrically-divided, flat-color canvases of Piet Mondrian. To David, the simple elegance of the curve, the line, and the circle create the ideal two-dimensional plain of visual interest and appeal. And, to add color intensity, value contrast and balance to this space - along with repetition, texture and pattern - is to create a perfect harmony. It is to this goal that...