Brooks
by Ali Baucom
Title
Brooks
Artist
Ali Baucom
Medium
Drawing - Ink On Paper
Description
I'm enjoying creating bird drawings in various mediums. For this drawing I used Derwent Inktense Pencils, I have several friends that are Baltimore Oriole fans so this would be a fun piece to do.
An avid fan suggested I name this piece "Brooks" after Brooks Robinson. Here's a little bit on Mr. Robinson from Wikipedia:
Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr. (born May 18, 1937) is an American former professional baseball player.[1][2] He played his entire 23-year major league career for the Baltimore Orioles (1955–1977).[1] He batted and threw right-handed, though he was a natural left-hander.[3] Nicknamed "The Human Vacuum Cleaner" or "Mr. Hoover",[4] he is considered one of the greatest defensive third basemen in major league history.[5] He won 16 consecutive Gold Glove Awards during his career,[6] tied with pitcher Jim Kaat for the second-most all-time for any player at any position. Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.
To learn more about the bird known as the Baltimore Oriole here is a snippet of information from Wikipedia:
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) is a small icterid blackbird common in eastern North America as a migratory breeding bird. It received its name from the resemblance of the male's colors to those on the coat-of-arms of Lord Baltimore. Observations of interbreeding between the Baltimore oriole and the western Bullock's oriole, Icterus bullockii, led to both being classified as a single species, called the northern oriole, from 1973 to 1995. Research by James Rising, a professor of zoology at the University of Toronto, and others showed that the two birds actually did not interbreed significantly.
The Baltimore oriole is the state bird of Maryland. It is also the inspiration for the Baltimore Orioles baseball team.
Featured in the following Fine Art America groups:
1. Visions of Spring - Glances of Summer: 03/15/18
2. Poetic Poultry: 03/18/18
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March 13th, 2018
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