Stillwater Solitude

A Sandhill Crane balances on a single slender leg in still, pale water, its head turned in quiet contemplation beneath a soft crimson brow patch. Painted in fine brushed linework over a muted grey glaze, the bird's pale plumage dissolves gently into the misted background, broken only by the warm ochre ripples of its own reflection — a study in stillness and solitude.