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Windblown Great Egret<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8″ x 16″\u00a0
December 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roslyn Levin<\/a>
Ontario, CANADA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note from the artist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For this painting I used Ichi’s soutai bluish black inkstick which uses genuine indigo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the ink I use for most of my sumi-e paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great Egrets are found in Canada, though their population is relatively small and primarily found in the central Canadian provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this depiction the Great Egret has developed long, ornamental plums called aigrettes on back and wings, indicative of the mating season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can also be seen by the green colouration on the face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wind is blowing fiercely but the egret remains calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is spring and time to find a mate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hanko I used here is my artist name “Spring Water” or “Shun Swee”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unique Japanese handmade art materials used in this work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n