Isolation Series: Evening Preen

"Evening Preen"
11x14 marker and ink on paper

There’s something about watching the water fowl going about their business. Be it fishing, or gathering, coming, or going, their wildly lived lives fascinate me. I’ve seen Canada geese use this particular stretch of the creek for all of the above activities, but nothing is quite so fine as watching them bathe as the sun goes down. The flapping of great grey wings, the rhythmic fluffing of feathers, the regal head dipping and wing spreading, are grandiose end-of-day ablutions to behold.