Sandhill Crane — Grace Spread Your Wings confident strokes that carry the

confident strokes that carry the weight of the bird while suggesting effortless glide

The head is turned slightly

and that is exactly what I wanted this piece to carry

The sheer volume of their territorial chorus

body suspended in that extraordinary moment when gravity loosens its grip and the bird becomes part of the sky

Sandhill Crane — Grace Spread Your Wings confident strokes that carry theEvery sandhill crane art print in this group began as an original watercolor of one of North Americas most ancient birds. Sandhill cranes have been dancing for ten million years thats documented fossil record, not metaphor. Their courtship displays involve leaping, bowing, wing spreading, and calling in unison, and Ive watched these dances in Florida fields enough to paint them from memory. The joy in these paintings is real. I work freehand on