Art by Gene Johnson

Acrylic painting on masonite panel of a life-size peregrine (shaheen) falcon and Saker falcon in a desert setting was done in 1982 for the falcon art show that toured several countries in the Middle East.  I developed a technique of including 24 karat gold leaf in the border and perch and leash details.  This border, “the table”, in Arabic is a page from the holy Koran that addresses the hunting heritage of the Bedouin and advises, They ask what is made lawful for them, say, “to train the birds and the beasts to hunt as Allah has taught you, and say the name of Allah over what they catch, and fear Allah for Allah is swift to reckon”.  This piece is framed in a beautiful golden wood frame.  My similar painting of a white gyrfalcon hangs in the Sulman Falcon Centre in Manama, Bahrain.

E-bay sale Feb 2007 : Start $400

This is an acrylic painting on canvas of an adult male Ornate Hawk Eagle, (Spizaetus ornatus), in his natural habitat, the Central American savannah.