Floppy the chicken

Oil on canvass  9 X 12''

This is Floppy.  She is a very special pet of a friend of mine.  Floppy lives a happy life in a spacious backyard, though has no reservations when it comes to traveling the neighborhood.  She has been known to scale fences in search of the best insects.  She doesn't even ask.  She pretty much does whatever she wants. 

Floppy is also a guard chicken.  She can be seen standing watch all night in her tree - well, its not her tree, but she thinks it is.  She thinks she owns everything.  This also reminds me of another one of her most pronounced traits. 

Floppy is very bossy.  For example, she will not hesitate to jump onto a breakfast table and interrupt one's meal or conversation.  She has done this on multiple occasions.  Her ill-mannered ways are abounding, yet she is a chicken and understands how the human mind works.  She always seems to get her way even when on her worst behavior.


Floppy is still a beloved pet.  I chose to create a portrait of her because of this fact.  I hope she appreciates this kind gesture on my part, though I feel that she is rather indifferent. I am not surprised, however.  She is always thinking of herself.   I don't take this personally.  Actually, I think she is just not that into art.  Some people are just not really into art.