A creative raven has caused a flutter in the art world after producing a stunning range of experimental paintings - with her beak.<br /><br />Odin uses an array of vivid animal-safe paints and food colourings to make her amazing abstract works, which are flying off the shelves for around £5 a piece.<br /><br />Keepers at the Tropical Butterfly House Wildlife Conservation Park in Sheffield, South Yorks., said they first gave the captive bird an easel around eight years ago.<br /><br />And after 'a lot of training', they introduced her to several different tools before finally handing her a brush, which she used to create her incredible works.<br /><br />Amazing video taken by staff shows Odin picking up the brush with her beak and waddle over to the easel to create her Jackson Pollock-esque paintings.<br /><br />Odin has completed dozens of pieces over the years, with the money that they make donated to conservation charities.<br /><br />A spokesperson for the park said: “Odin started the training about 8 years ago. <br /><br />"We started using different tools for her to use in her beak and then gradually gave her a brush. <br /><br />“We gradually got her used to using an easel, it did take quite a lot of training but she eventually dipped a brush into a pot of safe paint or food colouring. <br /><br />“We don’t do too many paintings as they are very intelligent and get bored easily but when we do have paintings we sell them in the gift shop. <br /><br />"The money goes to conservation.”<br /><br />Studies have shown that ravens, which are part of the Corvidae family, have cognitive skills rivalling the great apes at full maturity.<br /><br />And other studies suggest that they may have similar problem-solving capabilities to that of a child under seven years old.
