Wild Turkeys

I've been saying for a few years that I'm going to paint the turkeys that stop me on the back roads, as they so slowly meander across in front of the car. Then, with all animals and small children, it's impossible to get them to sit still for a session
of painting, so I have to take photos and correct for what the camera does. I've found that wild turkeys always give you their posterior side if they know you're looking. Not quite sure what that means but here is the backside of a group of them.

This Painting has just been juried into the Laumiester Fine Art Competition at the Bennington Center for the Arts. August14-December 19. 2010