Mother Hen with Baby Chicks (2026) Original Oil Painting by Natalia Shaykina

This original artwork shows a mother hen with baby chicks in a green meadow filled with small yellow wildflowers. The warm brown hen, soft yellow chicks, fresh grass, and natural country setting create a gentle farm life scene with a feeling of care, spring, and rural simplicity.

I was inspired by the quiet beauty of village life and the tender relationship between a hen and her chicks. After moving to a small village in the Carpathians in western Ukraine, I often saw chickens and hens freely roaming near homes, gardens, and country paths. I wanted to capture this familiar rural moment in a warm, lively, and expressive animal artwork.

This piece would suit farmhouse decor, country kitchen wall art, cottage interiors, nursery decor, children’s room art, or a cozy home with a love for animals and rural life. It is also a thoughtful choice for chicken lovers, farm animal art collectors, and anyone looking for original countryside artwork with a soft, family-centered feeling.

The artwork was created with high-quality professional European oil paints on stretched linen canvas with gallery-wrap stretched edges. Layered oil technique helps create depth in the green meadow, texture in the hen’s feathers, softness in the baby chicks, and natural warmth in the spring light. This is a one-of-a-kind hand-painted original artwork, signed by the artist.

Materials used:

oil, stretched canvas

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 24 x 18 x 2cm (unframed) / 24 x 28cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Animals and birds