Sandy Hokanson: FLIGHT AT MOONRISE - SHORT-EARED OWL - (12 x 12 Signed Print)

In this original illustration titled "Flight at Moonrise - Short-eared Owl" by Sandy Hokanson, an owl glides low over a field of rough grasses and shrubby sticks. Dusk is deepening into night and a full moon is rising in the autumn sky. Short-eareds are common owls - but only if you know where to look! This image is available as a note card, a signed 12" x 12" shrink-wrapped or framed print (black frame) or a 16" x 16" signed metal print. 

Poem on the back of note cards reads:

dusk deepens into night and you appear
coursing low over rough grasses
wings tracing brush strokes on the sky
i won't forget

Sandy: "For many years I painted in a realistic style using acrylics or watercolors.  Now I prefer the challenge of focusing less on every feather and more on creating a clean design of each bird." "Some of my finished works are created by making detailed drawing using permanent inks which are then scanned into my computer. Others are hand drawn directly into the computer using either a mouse or a special pen and pad.  Next I'll create a unique palette of colors to layer over the drawings.  Each color is a separate layer - which means some pieces can have up to 25 layers or more. The end result is a crisp, graphic illustration."