Snowy Egret IV ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed creating a harmonious scene that

creating a harmonious scene that infuses your space with warmth and energy

I let the brushwork differentiate them — one slightly higher

I used Kissho Gansai pigments from Kyoto on archival cotton rag paper

The iridescent greens and blues were built through layered wet-on-wet mineral pigment washes

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

Snowy Egret IV ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed creating a harmonious scene thatThis snowy egret watercolor painting captures the most graceful of all white wading birds. Snowy egrets move like dancers quick, precise, unexpectedly nimble for their size. They shuffle their bright yellow feet in shallow water to stir up fish, and they strike with a speed that makes herons look slow. "Snowy Egret IV" is the fourth in a series of studies I've made of these birds, and each one teaches me something new about painting white. A white