"Eagle Touching Lake" 36 by 48 inches. Flying straight into a gestural abstraction of green and blue acrylic paint a bald eagle kisses the surface water of a lake with her wing tips. I wanted this sudden but mesmeric moment to debut on a serene painterly lake.

I painted the right wing of this female bald eagle touching down into the waters of a lush green lake and abstract background. Bald eagles have have so many feathers that combined their feathers weigh twice as much as their skeleton. If an eagle loses a feather on one wing, it will discard the same feather on it’s opposite wing.

A close up photo of this abstract wildlife canvas art reveals the realistic detail painted in the face of this adult female bald eagle. As the soul of most wildlife paintings special attention was given to the eye of this bald eagle, which can see up to five times further than us and spot prey from literally miles away.

In this west coast wildlife painting an adult bald eagle’s tail feathers are painted as a stylized white line drawing that looks like a pen or paint marker, except only brushes were used. Where a foot is painted realistically or “normal” with claws and talons, the eagle’s tail feathers are painted as a pen and ink drawing with the green abstract painting showing through.

A close up on this wall art painting reveals the tips of primary feathers on the right wing of this adult bald eagle are slightly kissing a lake’s otherwise calm surface water. I wanted this sudden but mesmeric moment to debut on a serene painterly lake.

As a BC abstract artist I am drawn to areas of an abstract artwork where the movement of paint crosses or collides. In the background of this bald eagle canvas sweeping splashes of light green fluid paint intersect a net of sap green acrylic flung over a phthalo green wash. Suggestions of trees emerge in red oxide from the mixture.