Great Blue Heron ~ "Strength I" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Winter Birds 2021 Piping plovers are tiny

Piping plovers are tiny

An anhinga spreads its wings to dry after an underwater hunt

It's armor

Their tolerance for open

the way a small flock seems to play its way across a field rather than simply cross it

Great Blue Heron ~ "Strength I" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Winter Birds 2021 Piping plovers are tinyThis heron watercolor painting is about raw presence. "Strength I" captures a great blue heron at its most formidable standing tall, every line of the body communicating quiet authority. This is the first in a series exploring what strength looks like when it doesn't need to prove itself. The heron isn't hunting. It isn't threatened. It's simply occupying space with an unshakeable composure that makes everything around it feel secondary. I created