Great Blue Heron — Drifting Away Size:36x36 and it keeps one of

and it keeps one of the most touching habits in the bird world: grown young stay with their parents for a year or more

and warm browns that emerge through wet-on-wet mineral pigment washes

close and constant and completely hidden

this painting is about partnership

gray-crested and endlessly curious

Great Blue Heron — Drifting Away Size:36x36 and it keeps one ofEvery great blue heron art print in this collection starts as an original watercolor painted freehand, in a single session, using handmade Kissho Gansai mineral pigments from Kyoto. Great blue herons are my signature subject. They stand four feet tall, hunt with the patience of a monk, and move through the air with a wingspan that can fill a room. Ive painted them wading in still water at dawn, lifting off into open sky, and standing in the kind of