Great Blue Heron ~ "Feel The Sky" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed running along open fields and

running along open fields and shorelines rather than perching in trees

Ruby-throated hummingbirds are the only hummingbird species that breeds in eastern North America

Embrace the radiant energy and joy of hummingbirds with an original from my 'Fluttering Sparks' collection

"Bliss" is the quietest

The yellow eyes remain the composition's focal point

Great Blue Heron ~ "Feel The Sky" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed running along open fields andThis great blue heron watercolor painting captures the moment a heron opens itself completely to the sky wings spread wide, chest lifted, every feather reaching upward as if the bird is breathing in the entire atmosphere. I called it "Feel The Sky" because that's what I saw in this pose: not flight, not hunting, not even stretching. Something more elemental. A bird surrendering to the air around it. I painted this piece freehand, alla prima (completed