Paintings-Birds of the Americas

Paintings-Birds of the Americas | Kim Diment

Scorched Earth
40 x 30 x 1
Cold Feet
Acrylic, Board, 14 x 5 in
Morning Lookout
Acrylic, Board, 18 x 24
Saw What?
Acrylic, Board, 14 x 6
Beep Beep
Acrylic, Paper, 12 x 9
The Sky Is Falling (Tribute to Chicken Little)
Acrylic, Board, 12 x 12
Pomp and circumstance
Acrylic, Board, 12 x 12
March Madness
Acrylic, Board, 18 x 24. For the last six years we have had a growing number of turkeys. It started out as a group of 13. We now have over 60. Because of these large numbers we have quite a festival of Jake’s sparring a…
Big Blue
"Big Blue" Blue Heron Along the AuSable it is fairly common to see Great Blue Herons stalking various forms of aquatic life. Although they like fish, they also love small rodents inhabiting the banks of any source of wa…
Freeze Frame
Acrylic, Panel, 18 x 24. “Freeze Frame” Female Woodcock and Chicks This painting was inspired by a Woodcock banding spring of 2018. I was amazed with the camouflage mother and babies use when they freeze into their surr…
Out An About
Acrylic, Board, 18 x 24. “Out and About” Female Woodcock and Chicks This painting was inspired by a Woodcock banding spring of 2018. I was amazed with the camouflage mother and babies use when they freeze into their sur…
Underfoot
Acrylic, Board, 8 x 14
The Doodlers
Acrylic, Board, 16 x 20. “The Doodlers” American Woodcock and Chicks Since I was a young child, Woodcocks have always marked the beginning of spring for me. Their elaborate mating ritual is often heard and not seen! The…
A Pair In A Partridge Tree
Acrylic, Panel, 24 x 16. “A Pair in a Partridge Tree” Ruffed Grouse We often have Ruffed Grouse in our wild crab apple trees during the late fall and early winter. I will watch them out the window as I paint. One of the…
Incoming
Acrylic, Board, 18 x 24. Ruffed Grouse Incoming We often have Ruffed Grouse in our wild crab apple trees during the late fall and early winter. I will watch them out the window as I paint. One of the Ruffed Grouse favor…
North Country Trail Meeting
Acrylic, Board, 24 x 12. Spruce Grouse are sometimes referred to as “Fool’s Hens”. This is because of there seemingly tame nature that allows humans to approach them very closely. The bird’s origins in the more secluded…
Lichen the Sprucegrouse
Acrylic, Board, 24 x 12. Lichen The Spruce Grouse Spruce Grouse are sometimes referred to as “Fool’s Hens”. This is because of there seemingly tame nature that allows humans to approach them very closely. The bird’s ori…
Upper Falls Fly By
Acrylic, Board, 12 x 24. It is nice to note that Bald Eagles have made an incredible comeback in their population numbers. When I was young they were on the endangered species list. To see one would cause quite a stir!…
Up Draft
Acrylic, Canvas, 15 x 30. "UpDraft" Bald Eagle This painting is an expression in movement as much as it is a painting of a Bald Eagle. The squares in the background are color and tone samples of the eagle’s feathers. Th…
Up Draft
Acrylic, Board. This is a second paining I have done to show movement in a flying bird. The different colors squares and rectangles in the background are colors and tone samples of the Eagles feathers. We often see Bald…
Red Skies at Night
Acrylic, Board, 14 x 30. “Red Skies At Night” Osprey I have always thought the Osprey was a superior fishing bird when compared to the Bald Eagle. On several occasions over the backwaters of the Thunder Bay River I woul…
Moonstruck
Acrylic, Panel, 12 x 8. "Moonstruck" Young Screech Owl This young Screech Owl was one of a group rescued by the Animal ARK of Houghton Lake. Moon Struck was the inspiration for a bigger painting I did later. As a child,…
Sunset, Moonrise
Acrylic, Panel, 18 x 36. “Sunset Moonrise” Barred Owl Barred Owls are a harbinger of the approaching night time. It is not unusual however to see or hear them at twilight and the break of dawn. Barred owls don’t mind wa…
Night Life
Acrylic, Panel, 36 x 24. "Night Life” Young Screech Owls and Mother The Screech Owl reference for this painting was from a group of owls rescued by the Animal ARK of Houghton Lake. The adult in the lower right corner wa…
Fall Color Tour
Acrylic, Board, 24 x 12. “Fall Color Tour” Male Wood Ducks Wood Ducks are considered by some to be the most beautiful of all duck species. It is hard to argue when you see a male Wood Duck in full breeding plumage catch…
Between Worlds
Acrylic, Canvas, 14 x 15 x 1.5. “Between Worlds” Barn Owl Between world is a painting I did to pay tribute to one of my favorite Master Artist Gustaf Klimt. I have always admired his use of building, compartmentalizing…
Burrowing Owl
Acrylic, Panel, 6 x 6
Arctic Spirit
Acrylic, Panel, 20 x 12. Owl Artic Spirit Record number of Snowy Owls are being seen due to the cyclic population of lemmings and also because the Arctic climate is changing. The first wild Snowy I ever saw was in Churc…
Icy Crossing
Acrylic, Board, 16 x 20. “Icy Crossing” Tundra Swans A friend had told me about a large number of Tundra Swans situated on Lake Huron near Pinconning, Michigan. It was early spring and very cold but I thought I would st…
Spring Cleaning
Watercolor, Board, 16 x 20. The loud proclamation of spring is best sounded by Canada Geese. For me the weather is still cold know spring is coming because the geese have told me so! In this Opaque Watercolor painting t…
Airing Out
Acrylic, Board, 16 x 20. "Airing Out" Canada Geese have always been a sure sign of spring for me. I have always liked the way geese seem to bring us the spring and leave us the winter. Their loud honking have been a wel…
Boyz In the Hood
Acrylic, Panel, 32 x 18. I use to love to watch the male hooded mergansers displaying out side my lookout on the Thunder Bay River. Quite often 3 or 4 of them would be swarming a bewildered female, raising and lowering…
Blue Wing Teal Pair
Watercolor, Board, 7 x 10. “Blue Wing Teal Pair” Blue wing to you or one of my most favorite waterfowl. I’ve always love the gray blue head that they have along with with the half sliver moon shape on the male’s face. T…
Ruddy Blues
Acrylic, Board, 7 x 10. This painting of a pair of Ruddy Ducks won the 2001 Michigan Duck Stamp Design Contest making Kim Diment the first woman to win this prestigious contest. It had taken many attempts for her to fin…
Spring Thaw
Acrylic, Board, 7 x 11. This painting of a pair of canvasbacks was the 2001 Michigan Ducks Unlimited Sponsor Print. It also placed third in the Michigan Duck Stamp Contest in 1996.
Frosty Morning Black Ducks
Acrylic, Panel, 7 x 10. This painting was my second duck stamp entry to make the Top 10in the Michigan Duck Stamp Contest. One of the judges told me the background was too “cotton-candy” looking. I later redid the backg…
Tuttle Marsh Shovelers
Acrylic, Board, 7 x 10. With their big bills and bright colors, this pair of shovelers took second place in the 1995 Michigan Duck Stamp Contest. The back story on this piece is quite humorous. I had been visiting my pa…
Red Head Contemplation
Acrylic, Board, 7 x 10. This was one of my last duck stamp paintings. I had more or less started to weary of painting Duckstamps for many different reasons. This was one of the few Duckstamp I did more for fun than anyt…
Flight Check
Acrylic, Board, 10 x 7. This second place entry for the 2000 Michigan Duck Stamp Contest features a pair of Mallards. Mallards may be common but they are by far, one of the most handsome of North American waterfowl.
Ringnecks and Big Mac
Acrylic, Panel, 7 x 10. Groups of Ring-Necked Ducks on large open water has alwaysbeen a sign of spring for me. I often see large rafts of waterfowl while crossing the Mackinac Bridge in the spring and fall. The Bridge…
Backwater Woodies
Acrylic, Panel, 14 x 22. “Back Water Woodies” Wood Duck pair The setting for these wood ducks is one of my favorite locations in Michigan. This would be the area where Iargo Springs dumps into the backwaters of the AuSa…
Up And Out Of Here
Acrylic, 7 x 10. Wood Ducks, in general Are very timid Birds. It doesn’t take much to spook them and they are up and out of there! They are one of my favorite birds on the Au Sable river. I love when they fly by our doc…
Storm Clouds and Black Ducks
Acrylic, Board, 7 x 10. Black Duck Series - This series of five black duck paintings (one is not shown) was done after realizing that a black duck had never won the Michigan Duck Stamp Competition. After entering five b…
Black Duck Take Off
Acrylic, Panel, 7 x 10. My first duck stamp to place in the Top Ten in the Michigan Duck Stamp Contest. This was number 3 of my Black Duck Series - I had done a series of black duck paintings because I knew that a black…
Blue Horizon Black Ducks
Acrylic, Paper, 7 x 10. Number 2 of the Black Duck Series - This series of five black duck paintings was done after realizing that a black duck had never won the Michigan Duck Stamp Competition. After entering five blac…
Big O Mallards /
Panel, 7 x 10. These landing mallards are unconventional in that the pair is flying away from the viewer.
Mallard Point
Acrylic, Paper, 11 x 9. “Mallard Point” Male Mallard Duck Mallard point was a Painting done to experiment with using flowing acrylic paint. I wanted to see how I could manipulate a paint pouring and then use it as a bac…
Preening in Pastel
Pastel, Paper, 16 x 20
Mandarin Reflections
Acrylic, Canvas, 34 x 23. The Mandarin duck with all its beauty is a symbol of fidelity with some Asian cultures. The Asian characters in the lower left of the painting symbolize happiness, trust and love.
Fuzzy Morning
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 16. “Fuzzy Morning” Canada Geese Goslings One morning I happened upon a group of young Canada Geese. The warm pink colors from the rising morning sun are what encouraged me to do this triad of gosl…
Big Lake Loons
Acrylic, Panel, 16 x 22. “Big Lake Loons” Loon Pair Big Lake Loons was painted in the fall of 95 and winter of 96. The inspiration for Big Lake Loons came from my love of these birds and of the Great Lakes. I have often…
The Drifters
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 60. “The Drifters” Sandhill Cranes The winds of time are constantly changing. Some animals were designed to weather these changes better than others. Sandhill Cranes represent the former. A fossil…
Three of a Perfect Pair
Acrylic, Board, 24 x 12. Sandhill Cranes pair for life. Their elaborate courtship displays reaffirm their bond every year. Cranes are the oldest birds on the planet. Fossils of cranes (very much like the Sandhill) have…
Webmasters of the AuSable
Acrylic, Panel, 18 x W4. “Webmasters of the AuSable” Belted Kingfisher Pair “Webmasters of the AuSable” is the first painting of a series created by Kim Diment and promoted by The Anglers of the AuSable. It is Kim and t…
Fisher Queen
Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 12. "Fisher Queen" Belted Kingfisher Female Interesting to note, the Kingfisher female is the more colorful bird. She has the rust colored belt on either side of her breast. The male does not! The B…
Puffin Stuff
Acrylic, Panel, 18 x 36. “Puffin Stuff” Atlantic Puffins “Puffin Stuff” is an Acrylic painting inspired by the incredible bird colonies at Machias Seal Island off the coast of Maine. We chartered a boat with “Captain Jo…
Little Brothers
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 8. The Latin name for the Atlantic Puffin is Fratercula arctica and can be translated to "little brother of the Arctic." These puffins are back dropped with the cliffs of Anglesey, Wales. My superv…
Razor's Edge
Oil, Canvas, 30 x 15. Razorbill Auks do not look like they are of this world. I think they might have been the inspiration for some of the soldiers in the movie "Star Wars." An amazing feature of the Auk is the incredib…
Galapagos, Punta Suarez Island
Acrylic, Panel, 22 x 40. The "Galapagos" depicts a few species I saw on a wonderful trip that featured a stop at Punta Suarez Island. In the painting you can see Masked Boobys, Tropic Birds, & Marine Iguanas.
Chumming Around
Oil, Board, 18 x 24. "Chumming Around" Brown Pelican It is so sad all the animal life we lose to petroleum spills. Pelican are often hit hard with these tragedies. The symbols in the corner of this painting is one in a…
Walk About
Acrylic, Panel, 8 x 10
Shake A Leg
Acrylic, Panel, 7 x 11. "Shake A Leg" Gambels Quail Gambel's Quail always seem like they are on a mission to get somewhere. Their quick moving little legs along with their bobbing Top Knot of feathers are really quite c…
Two Step
Acrylic, Panel, 6 x 12. "Two Step" Gambels Quail Gambel's Quail always seem like they are on a mission to get somewhere. Their quick moving little legs along with their bobbing Top Knot of feathers are really quite comi…
Rambling Gambelers/
Acrylic, Panel, 11 x 14. "Rambling Gamblers" Gambels Quail Gambel's Quail always seem like they are on a mission to get somewhere. Their quick moving little legs along with their bobbing Top Knot of feathers are really…
Tell It On the Mountain
Acrylic, Board, 24 x 12. “Tell It On The Mountain” Gambels Quail Gambels Quail are the song of Arizona to me. I love hearing there lone high pitched call early in the morning. They try to find a high perch of some sort…
That Coyote Is After You
Acrylic, Canvas, 4 x 12 x 1.5. "That Coyotes After You!" Road Runner When I first went out West one of my missions was to see a Road Runner. The first one I saw in the wild was at an Arizona golf course......not really…
Dots and Dust
Acrylic, Canvas, 4 x 4 x 1.5. This quick little painting of the Road Runner shows the red colors of Sedona, Arizona and the attitude of one of my favorite birds.
Birds the Word
Acrylic, Panel, 24 x 12. “Birds the Word” Blue Fronted Amazon Parrot With diminishing habitat and illegal bird trade, many species of parrots are struggling to keep stable populations. This Amazon Blue Fronted was fun t…
Gila Woodpecker
Acrylic, Canvas, 4 x 4
The Jay, the Key and the Cairn
Acrylic, Panel, 30 x 14. “The Jay, the Key and the Cairn” Scrub Jay and Cairn All Jays are intelligent and attracted to shiny objects. This fellow is no exception. The fallen set of keys have made this Jay’s day! (Unlik…
Mrs Red
Acrylic, Canvas, 10 x 8 x 1.5. The female cardinal's colors may not be as flashy as her counterparts, but the reds mixed in with her subtle brown and impressive orange beak make for a equally beautiful bird!
Mr Red
Acrylic, Canvas, 10 x 8 x 1.5. In the cold white and gray blanket of winter the red blast of a male cardinal reminds me there is still a heartbeat in the frozen land. We use to have them frequent our birdfeeder but in t…
Snow Daze
Acrylic, Canvas, 8 x 10. Blue Jays are intelligent, beautifully colored and very loud. They often show up in groups( called scolds) and take over the bird feeder. For this reason many people consider them the neighborho…
Through The Grapevine
Acrylic, Canvas, 11 x 14 x 1.5. Blue Jays are intelligent, beautifully colored and very loud. They often snow up in groups( called scolds) and take over the bird feeder. For this reason many people consider them the nei…
Whats Up Doc?????
Acrylic, 6 x 6. The nuthatch's name is actually derived from the term “Nut Hack". Many nuthatches have the habit of taking nuts or seeds, wedging them in a hole and “hacking" them open with their small chisel like beak.…
Down the Hatch
Acrylic, Canvas, 7 x 5 x 1.5. "Down the Hatch" Red Breasted Nuthatch The icicle in this painting was part of an ice formation that hung off our roof in front of our kitchen window. In the morning it was beautifully back…
Winter Flurries
Acrylic, Board, 24 x 12. "Winter Flurries" Black Capped Chickadees Any creature that can appear to be having fun on 20 below zero day deserves an awful lot of respect in my book! Chickadees are my favorite winter bird.…
Pinecone Pair
Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 12 x 1.5. The tenacity of the Tufted Titmouse is to be admired! These gray blue birds spice life up around the birdfeeder. Although I have never personally seen it myself, I have heard of accounts o…
Diving the Drake
Acrylic, Board, 20 x 16. "Diving the Drake" Tree Swallow and Drake Hatch One of the large Mayfly hatches that occurs on our Au Sable river mid June is also called the “The Drake Hatch”. This hatch is an amazing sight to…
Song of the Phoenix
Acrylic, Board, 11 x 14. : The Kirtland Warbler is also nick named the “Fire Bird “due to the fact that it relies on fires to open up the cone of the Jack Pine. When this happens the seeds of the tree are dispersed and…
Peggy's Song
Acrylic, Canvas, 10 x 8. "Peggy’s Song" Kirtland's Warbler My love for art and nature were noticed and encouraged by my second grade teacher. She encouraged both of these attributes which I am forever grateful. She atte…
Broadbilled Hummingbird
Acrylic, Canvas, 6 x 6 x 1.5. Broad Billed Hummingbird Most male hummingbird’s brilliant colors are the result of refracted light. The feather itself is black, but when angled at the sun, light is bent to come back to y…
Anna's Pit Stop
Acrylic, Canvas, 6 x 6 x 1.5. Anna’s Pit Stop Male Anna's Hummingbird Most male hummingbird brilliant colors are actually the result of refracted light. The feather itself is black, but when angled at the sun the light…
Costas Hummer
Acrylic, Board, 6 x 6. Costa’s Hummer Most male hummingbird brilliant colors are actually the result of refracted light. The feather itself is black, but when angled at the sun the light is bent to come back to your eye…
Anna’s Brood
Acrylic, Canvas, 11 x 12 x 1.5
Buzzbee
Acrylic, Canvas, 4 x 12 x 1.5. "Buzzbee" Male Broad Tailed Hummingbird This Little male humming bird was racing around the beautiful hummingbird enclosure located at the Sonoran desert Museum in Tucson Arizona. Hummingb…
"Sitting Pretty" Anna's Hummingbird
Acrylic, Paper, 9 x 12. " Sitting Pretty" Male anna's Hummingbird This is another painting of one of my favorite hummingbirds in a different medium. This painting tries to capture the grace of this little bird opposed t…
Color Carnival
Acrylic, Canvas, 6 x 6 x 1.5. One of my favorite hummingbirds, As you can probably tell by how many times I paint them, are the Anna’s hummingbirds. They already are so colorful I thought it might be interesting to put…
Kim Working in acrylics
Gobbly de Gook
Acrylic, Panel, 6 x 9. We have had a resident flock of turkeys taking over our yard the last four winters. I still am amazed by the vibrant colors in the male’s head when they are displaying. It wasn’t until recently th…
Queen of the Yard
Acrylic, Paper, 12 x 9. This saucy chick is actually a foreigner. My husband and I were in New Zealand quite a long time ago and we stayed at a bed-and-breakfast that had a group of hens. Funny enough on the same farm t…