Great Egret

Year completed: 2010
Medium: Ink Line Art Illustration with Digital Tinting
Description: Fine art drawing of a Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Hand-signed limited edition fine art print (500) of a Great Egret. The illustration is reproduced on high-quality acid free stock. Dealer inquires are welcome.

Limited edition fine art print:
8"x10" (20.3 x 25.4cm) $17.95
11"x14" (27.9 x 36.6cm) $22.95

Print is in stock and ships in 1-2 days.

This illustration is also available as stock art.

Artist's notes:

great egret thumb The Great Egret was completed on 4.05.2010. I had considered drawing the Great Egret with wings folded perhaps standing on a stump or rock - as is the most commonly seen position of these birds. But they are so graceful and lovely in flight I had to render the subject that way. The drawing is based on a photo by Patty Bruno.

Information about the Great Egret:

The Great Egret - also called the Great White or Common Egret - is a large shorebird of the family Ardeidae or herons and bitterns. It is a very widespread bird found in most tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world. They Great Egret is about 3 feet tall and weighs roughly 2 pounds. Like other members of it's family the Great Egret feeds in shallow waters or wet fields hunting for frogs, fish, invertebrates, small mammals and even small reptiles and other birds.