GREAT BLUE HERON 1981
Great Blue Heron 67" x 48"
Some time after he commissioned the Egret, in 1981, the same client wanted a larger piece for a stairwell, and this one became a Great Blue Heron. This was more elaborate than the egret, but also as close to a realistic appearance as I could make it in tiles. This is of course more a suggestion than realism, since the feathers of the body and the wings are in no way an actual depiction of the feathers of the heron. But close enough to fly off in front of the full moon in a wavy-banded blue sky.
Some years later we were able to buy back the two bird mosaics and we still own them.
Some years later we were able to buy back the two bird mosaics and we still own them.