Sandhill Crane ~ "Parade" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Greeting Card Wet-on-wet washes let the colors

Wet-on-wet washes let the colors find their own intensity

Each panel was composed to stand alone while forming a complete statement when paired

What looks like a display is actually survival

the curve of the neck are all drawn from direct observation and years of practice

My decades of life drawing at the New York Academy of Art are what allow me to capture a four-foot bird mid-leap and have the anatomy hold together freehand

Sandhill Crane ~ "Parade" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Greeting Card Wet-on-wet washes let the colorsThis sandhill crane painting captures a crane walking with unmistakable ceremony. "Parade" shows a sandhill crane mid stride legs stepping high, neck extended, body carried with the kind of deliberate elegance that makes cranes look like they're always going somewhere important. Sandhill cranes walk like they own the ground beneath them, and this painting catches that regal quality. I painted this freehand on archival cotton rag paper using Kissho