acrylic on illustration board 20” x 40” $18,000. Standing over four feet tall, the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is one of the world’s largest and most powerful herons. Found over most of the North American continent, from southern Alaska through much of the Caribbean to northwestern South America, it feeds on a wide range of animal prey, including fishes, amphibians, reptiles and mammals up to the size of large rabbits. Incidental subjects in the painting include a Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon), Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) and a Pale Snaketail Dragonfly (Ophiogomphus severus). |
