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Snowy Owl: A Changing Landscape
Painting #49 of my Painting a Day Project.. This has the feeling of a painting that wants to be much larger. (It is 6x6") As I was painting, I knew I wanted to put in the aerial perspective that I seem drawn to these days. Birds, with their ability to fly over the landscape, can see the big picture!
In "Snowy Owl: A Changing Landscape," the ground is cris-crossed with highways that at night look like illuminated ribbons bisecting the dark expanses. Lights sear through the blanket of night - man-made stars mirroring the cosmos. I never cease to be amazed, when flying at night, at both the absolute darkness - when flying over western Wyoming for example - and the incredible amount of light pollution - especially in the eastern US.
The snowy owl is said to have the power of prophecy. Like its relative, the short-eared owl, it has the uncanny ability to show up where explosions of lemming and arctic hare populations occur. The snowy owl hunts by sitting and waiting until the opportune time comes for it to strike. An attraction to snowy owl may signify a need to learn patience and timing.
In "Snowy Owl: A Changing Landscape," the ground is cris-crossed with highways that at night look like illuminated ribbons bisecting the dark expanses. Lights sear through the blanket of night - man-made stars mirroring the cosmos. I never cease to be amazed, when flying at night, at both the absolute darkness - when flying over western Wyoming for example - and the incredible amount of light pollution - especially in the eastern US.
The snowy owl is said to have the power of prophecy. Like its relative, the short-eared owl, it has the uncanny ability to show up where explosions of lemming and arctic hare populations occur. The snowy owl hunts by sitting and waiting until the opportune time comes for it to strike. An attraction to snowy owl may signify a need to learn patience and timing.
