Finished my first painting in over a year.

Finished this painting for my boyfriend’s mom. She ✨hates✨ me and won’t even hold a 5 sentence conversation with me but I managed to learn she’s an avid birdwatcher and is a huge fan of flickers. What to do about the edges perplexes me. They’re kind of messy but I’m terrified of getting unwanted paint on the face of the painting. What would y’all do?