Great Blue Heron ~ "Strength II" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Flight and spaces where love stories

and spaces where love stories belong

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Great Blue Heron ~ "Strength II" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Flight and spaces where love storiesThis heron watercolor original art captures the raw presence of a great blue heron at its most powerful. "Strength II" shows the bird standing tall, every line of its body communicating the quiet authority these herons carry. It's the second in a series exploring that quality not aggression, but an unshakeable composure. Great blue herons don't need to prove anything. They just are. I painted this freehand on archival cotton rag paper using Kissho