Sandy Hokanson: Rise - Yellow-headed Blackbird - (Note Card)

In this original illustration titled "RISE - YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD" a brilliant male Yellow-headed Blackbird rises up from a marsh bathed in golden light. His flight takes him outside the boundaries of the frame - exactly where he wants to go. This image is available as a note card (blank inside), a signed 12" x 12" shrink-wrapped print, a framed print (black frame) or a 16" x 16" signed metal print. 

Poem on the back of note cards reads:

rise
rise above the chaos
rise above the noise
soar beyond the boundaries
and seek your truth

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."