Great Blue Heron ~ "Balance" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed plunging headfirst into streams with

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Great Blue Heron ~ "Balance" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed plunging headfirst into streams withThis heron watercolor original captures the precise moment equilibrium holds. "Balance" shows a great blue heron poised between two states not quite still, not quite moving with every line of the body in perfect tension. It's the kind of balance that looks effortless but isn't. Anyone who has watched a heron fishing knows this pose: total concentration, total control, total readiness. I created this piece freehand on archival cotton rag paper with