Heron in Flight 2 Carolyn Young
Acrylic Spray Paint and Ink on Particle Board 23" x 26.5" NFS The bird has always been my animal spirit. Most of my paintings have included a bird somewhere. I love their freedom, ability to soar, and even an ability to mourn, as crows do when they lose one of their flock members. As a watercolorist I have always used paper as a medium. A while ago an idea “flew” into my head. I needed to have birds flying through my breezeway between house and garage. I chose the blue heron because of its majesty in flight and its ability to focus, standing completely still at stream’s edge, watching. I found some large pieces of particle board in my garage and with an electric cut-out tool, I cut out the herons. Using spray and acrylic paints and pens, I created my birds. I screwed them onto my garage wall, and added some clouds. Now they are soaring through my breezeway.
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