Pelicans: Flying Duo ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed wing-flaps

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Bold contrasts and delicate details honor their fierce strength and resilience within their diminutive forms

A perfect first original for bird lovers

This first study is the more iconic — the classic snowy owl posture

Pelicans: Flying Duo ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed wing-flapsThis pelican original painting captures two brown pelicans flying in close formation wingtips nearly touching, bodies aligned, riding the same column of warm air rising off the water. Pelicans are social fliers. They draft off each other's wake turbulence, trading positions in a line with a cooperative efficiency that looks choreographed. This painting catches that partnership in the air. I worked freehand on archival cotton rag paper using Kissho