Couple New Pieces

I'm exploring some new imagery to work with. I keep coming back to the birds as a default, but I am slowly branching outwards also. I have realized that a series of bug studies could look very cool, particularly because they are visually interesting and complex but also because I think I can have some fun with the paint applications on them, and make the colours somewhat non representational and very bright and colourful. Note however that this new bird piece is a hawk and not a crow, there's something about drawing eyes and beaks that gets me every time :)