Sandhill Crane ~ "Parade" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Greeting Card almost otherworldly movements and iridescent

almost otherworldly movements and iridescent hues that make hummingbirds so captivating

My decades of life drawing at the New York Academy of Art are what allow me to capture a four-foot bird mid-leap and have the anatomy hold together freehand

the way it sits utterly focused on the water before dropping like a stone after a fish

until you notice the eyes

Common redpolls are Arctic-breeding finches that wander south in unpredictable irruptions — some winters they flood the northern states in thousands

Sandhill Crane ~ "Parade" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Greeting Card almost otherworldly movements and iridescentThis sandhill crane painting captures a crane walking with unmistakable ceremony. "Parade" shows a sandhill crane mid stride legs stepping high, neck extended, body carried with the kind of deliberate elegance that makes cranes look like they're always going somewhere important. Sandhill cranes walk like they own the ground beneath them, and this painting catches that regal quality. I painted this freehand on archival cotton rag paper using Kissho