Great Blue Heron — Gallery Canvas Cat its ears alert

its ears alert

his bird watercolours have been collected across North America for over five decades

two grey chicks at the water's edge beside the nest

Glen captured that quality without sentimentalizing it

and the hummingbird evolved its hovering flight specifically for this kind of feeding

Great Blue Heron — Gallery Canvas Cat its ears alertA 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.