A Touch of Ochre

8½ x 5½" watercolor on cold pressed paper

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It’s nice to have friends in Florida, and among them, friends willing to take an artist on a day excursion to Everglades National Park. Along with an alligator, posted earlier, I managed to paint this stoic Great Blue Heron.

Mouth on a bird

3½ x 5½ watercolor in black core mat

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Back to my mouthy grackle. I Googled “Grackle” and saw a photo that looked very much like this bird, so am now 99% sure that my bird id on this one was correct. Just call me Brenda Birder.

South End Rainscape

9x12" oil on panel

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Here’s a break from my BehrCritters watercolor sketches, that are the norm to appear on Daily Paintworks auctions. This plein air painting, done in Wrightsville Beach, NC is one of few rainscapes I have painted. In fact, it and a smaller version, are the only rainscapes I have painted en plein air. It goes without saying, I had found shelter in which to set up my easel at the end of the street where I spotted this very wet scene. The painting is offered as a donated auction item to help victims of Hurricane Harvey.

Heron in Branches 2

5½ x 3½ watercolor in black core mat

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What I thought was a Great White Heron is rather a Great Egret. My research tells me that Great White Herons in the U.S. are rarely found outside of central and southern Florida. Below is an interesting fact that I found at https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Egret/lifehistory

• The Great Egret is the symbol of the National Audubon Society, one of the oldest environmental organizations in North America. Audubon was founded to protect birds from being killed for their feathers.

Heron

9x6" watercolor

I am sharing a blog I wrote some time ago on my BrendaBehr.com website. I think it is worth repeating.

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Half Strut

5½ x 3½ watercolor in black core mat

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Here they are again, maybe later. He looks like he’s fading out, and maybe she is losing interest. Posting on a blog reminds me of that question, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” It is no wonder so many are deserting their blogs and posting more on Facebook. On Facebook, it is so easy to respond; therefore, so easy to get a response. I wonder how many times I might post and never get a response on my blogs. Maybe blogs need to be more like soap operas. Then you might follow them out of curiosity for what follows. Maybe a crop of baby pigeons?

Avian Courtship

3½ x 5½ watercolor in black core mat

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A couple of pigeons courting. Who would have guessed? The male, spreading his tail feathers, is trying to get her attention. I had no idea until explained by an artist friend Greg that what the male pigeon is doing here is essentially the same thing a turkey or a peacock does when it spreads its tail feathers. When I was in second grade or so, filling in all those colors on the tail of a turkey illustration, I had no idea. Glad the art wasn’t censored.