This painting is only 6" x 6", and is part of the community mosaic project fundraiser held at the Francis Hardy Gallery in Ephraim WI. I participated for the first time last year, doing a collage of a doodle of chickens and rooster, this year I whipped out a bromeliad plant and tropical bird, in oils. I have painted bromeliads a lot and managed to do this little painting in a few hours. I like the square format and the intimacy of it. Over 250 artists paint, draw, collage, in any media to create a wall of art at the Hardy. People then purchase a lottery ticket for $25 that will result in them winning a painting, that will be a totally random thing. All the art sells by the end of the season and people get a surprise art package in the mail.