Sisson Blanchard ( 1926-1981) 24"x72" Six Owls & Five Owlets c1970 Oil on Board Unframed Painting#1LA Artists/Zachari Pierre Illuminated by the warm glow

Illuminated by the warm glow of a fire

the painting reflects the artist’s mastery of narrative storytelling

and beautiful

with lighter subjects in the center of his canvas

and selected works are displayed at the Haitian Embassy in Washington

Sisson Blanchard ( 1926-1981) 24"x72" Six Owls & Five Owlets c1970 Oil on Board Unframed Painting#1LA Artists/Zachari Pierre Illuminated by the warm glowThis large scale oil on board by Sisson Blanchard presents a striking family of owls: six blue, densely dotted adults perched shoulder to shoulder along a green branch, their round eyes fixed outward against a deep black background, with five smaller owlets gathered beneath them among clusters of dark seed pods. Vivid red flowers and rust toned autumn leaves weave through the composition, filling the spaces between the birds and softening the black