Great Blue Heron — Framed Piece NEW the granite shore and mixed

the granite shore and mixed boreal forest reflected in the rain-smoothed water

each petal placed where a violet petal would actually be

maple leaves scattered around them

and the atmosphere is soft and intimate

doing what eagles do

Great Blue Heron — Framed Piece NEW the granite shore and mixedA Great Blue Heron lifts from a marsh wings spreading wide, neck curved, feet just leaving the water among the cattails and lily pads. This 1993 watercolour catches the heron in the most difficult moment: the transition from stillness to flight, the body not yet airborne, the wings not yet at full stroke. Glen solved it with loose, luminous watercolour washes for the atmospheric background and tighter, more deliberate brushwork for the bird itself.