"A Field for the Birds" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Tom Shelton. The artist signed the painting in the lower right. This painting depicts a diagonal line of birds cutting through an orderly forest. The painting has two coats of permanent acrylic medium and two coats of removable polymer varnish with UVLS gloss.

Artwork Size: 43 1/2" x 65"
Frame Size: 45" x 67 1/2"

Artist Bio:

Tom Shelton creates very innovative constructions and paintings dealing with animals in their natural habitat.  He graduated with a B.S. in Botany from the University of Cincinnati in 1964 and spent three semesters at the University of Michigan majoring in Forestry from 1964-1965.  In 1972 Shelton completed the graduate art program at the Eastern Michigan University in which he received a M.F.A. in painting. Shelton’s artworks are included in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York and the International Headquarters of Fiserv. In Milwaukee.