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Native Snow

24โ€x 24โ€ original acrylic on canvas

Snow Bird of the Deep South

Itโ€™s as if the Snowy Egret knows how gorgeous it is. Wouldnโ€™t you love that kind of confidence? The way those feathers float so easily on the slightest breeze gives this bird the most ethereal appearance.

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It would have been easy to stop the painting before adding those floating feathers and just leave her as a (glorious, but more typical) White Egret. But I went for it.

There was no turning back after adding that first sweeping feather, and I can tell that this bird appreciates the angelic framework. The white on white glows on this bird, and heโ€™s found a tree to catch just the right breeze.

In the deep south, this is the loveliest kind of Snow we see.

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ยฉ2021 Alexis Castillo


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