Great Blue Heron ~ "A Love Story" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed Then it turns around and

Then it turns around and there's that chest — a triangle of pure rose-red so vivid it stops you mid-step

rich color to any room

The warm reds of the tail feathers are the painting's emotional center — a flash of unexpected color on a bird most people see only as a dark shape against the sky

The Kyoto pigments are made from natural ingredients — oyster shells

one of the earliest sounds in any wetland

Great Blue Heron ~ "A Love Story" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed Then it turns around andThis great blue heron original watercolor is about two birds choosing each other. "A Love Story" captures a pair of great blue herons in a moment of quiet togetherness not the dramatic bill clacking courtship display, but the tender stillness that comes after. When herons have chosen their mate, they stand near each other with a calm devotion that feels almost human. I painted this freehand, alla prima (completed in a single session), on archival