LAURIE BETH ZUCKERMAN'S TROPICAL PAINTINGS FROM PARADISE INSPIRED BY PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO

Laurie Beth Zuckerman's "Banana Moon" Painting

Laurie Beth Zuckerman's "Orange Crush" Painting

Laurie Beth Zuckerman painted large-scale bird paintings back in the 1980s and early 1990s. Here are two of my seven-foot tall folding screens inspired by a couple of birdwatching trips to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, although many of the birds are not from that local. The Scarlet Ibis are from Trinidad, but I had to take a separate trip to see those last year. They are both done in oil, lacquer, and mixed-media on hollow-core doors. "Banana Moon" is still in my personal possession, but it could be yours!

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