Out of a cool, watery mist of blues emerges a bird with deeply saturated cobalt plumage, its head raised and its golden beak slightly parted. The background is built from transparent glazes of turquoise, white, and delicate green, which dissolved on wet paper into soft patches of leaves and thin beige twigs.
I contrast this luminous, almost transparent space with densely hatched, intense blue feathers, so that this small motif gains unexpected strength. The bird's sharp, dark eye looks straight at the viewer, and that gaze sets the whole mood of the piece. A watercolor that brings freshness and lightness to a bright bedroom, hallway, or child's room.
Watercolor painted on professional acid free paper Hahnemuhle, 425 g/m2, with Ecoline paints. Original work, one of a kind, signed, with a certificate of authenticity. Size 40 × 30 cm.