Great Blue Heron ~ "Solitude I" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Oh To Fly and I wanted this piece

and I wanted this piece to feel like that -- small

they trade that intensity for a glide so smooth it barely disturbs the air

Belted kingfishers hunt headfirst — perching above a stream

It's a conversation between my brush and the paper

picking insects from the surface with quick

Great Blue Heron ~ "Solitude I" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Oh To Fly and I wanted this pieceThis great blue heron painting is a portrait of chosen solitude. "Solitude I" captures a heron standing alone in still water, perfectly content in its own company. Great blue herons are solitary hunters. They don't travel in flocks. They don't need the reassurance of other birds. That self sufficiency is what drew me to paint this moment the beauty of a creature that is genuinely complete on its own. I painted this freehand on archival cotton rag