Gate to garden with chickens

We have a number of chickens free ranging on our property, we let them out of the night cage early in the morning where they then stay inside a big netted enclosure for their own safety. We have many predators, gigantic lizards, hawks, foxes, snakes and wedge tail eagles. But at noon they are let out of that enclosure and they can roam freely until the sun starts to set, and they put themselves to bed. They are very tame and used to people walking in their path, and the hens lay delicious eggs. We give them treats, and supplement their diet with some home cooked meal especially for them. Because we have had them for so long, and the tit-bits we throw to them make them stay very close to our home. The original ones from more than 17 years ago had given us new offspring each year, The breeds are of different kind and they all get along very well, a real delight to observe them when we sit in front of the window having a hot drink. I have made a very limited number of these paintings, and this is the last one left.

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Kivits’ classic oeuvre includes not only original Still-life’s, but also Fruit and Floral compositions, Landscapes, Seascapes and Figurative works in glazes of oil-paint. Predominantly tapping into his antique collection for inspiration, his works take considerably longer to produce; hence a small number of masterpieces are created annually.
True traditional realism, all in the line from the Sixteenth century European Masters onward, he is staying true to these time-proven styles, refusing digital means to aid his work, e.g. projection, pre-printed canvas, grid tracings, or anything but the skill of his own eyes to hand.
Dutch-born Kivits' has firmly established himself in Australia as a legitimate Brand over the years, and his creations have found their ways to art lovers in many developed countries.