Framed oil painting

20 x 20 (image size) Oil on canvas

Wet Feet ~ #5 in the Yellow Foot Collection!

The Snowy Egret stood still, with his head looking down, as if he was hesitant to move from the ledge into the deeper, darker water. His feet are already wet from the trickling water, which must be coming from a spring nearby. 

Every winter this Snowy likes to head south from the Lowcountry and vacation in Sanibel. More specifically, he likes to hang out around the mangroves at the J. N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge.

Snowies can be very patient, standing still for long periods of time, letting food come to them. In my painting entitled Wet Feet, a single Snowy Egret is doing just that, resting up and waiting for something tasty to swim by. He has traveled a long distance and this solitary moment is most welcomed.  

Wet Feet was chosen to be #5 in my Yellow Foot Collection because I found his pose curious, and caught myself projecting the egret’s innermost thoughts. I do that often with Snowy Egrets because they have so much personality. They have many different looks, as I hope the Yellow Foot Collection illustrates.