Magnificent Frigatebird ~ "Freedom" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Winter Birds 2020 cool whites and silvers on

cool whites and silvers on the face and breast

They cache thousands of acorns

It flits through the high branches

and semi-precious stones — the same ingredients that have defined Japanese watercolor for centuries

Magnificent Frigatebird ~ "Freedom" ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Winter Birds 2020 cool whites and silvers onThis frigatebird watercolor art captures a bird built entirely for the sky. Magnificent frigatebirds have the largest wingspan to body weight ratio of any bird on earth they can stay aloft for weeks, sleeping on wind currents, never touching land or water. "Freedom" shows that effortless mastery of air. The wings are impossibly long, the forked tail cuts like scissors, and the whole bird looks like it was designed by someone who thought gravity was