Guinea Hen Delight Farm Artwork by Jeff Seaberg

Yes, the guinea hen or guinea fowl. Originally from sub-Saharan Africa, the helmeted guinea fowl has been domesticated and introduced outside its natural range, for example in southern France, the West Indies, the United States and India, where it is raised as food. More specifically there are about twenty of these insect- and seed-eating, ground-nesting birds in my back yard. They help patrol the farm by eating ticks, and while shearing the alpacas this spring not one tick was found. I have yet to find a tick on the kids this year and our dogs are pretty much tick free as well, although the dogs do wander further into the woods. Guinea fowl are pretty loud and boisterous, sometimes known as watch dogs.

I love the Dr.Seuss quality of the guinea hen, with their strange "Sleestack" looking head and their beautiful plumage. So I have made quite a few paintings of guinea hens throughout my "Painting a Day, Art Explosion 2014" series this year. These four paintings are part of my Jackson Pollack mini series.

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