Have you ever seen an eagle drawing? I have. I’ve seen eagles scribing lazy circles hundreds of feet in the air. I’ve seen them drawing high speed lines over grassy fields. I’ve seen them drawing a bead on unsuspecting rabbits and ground squirrels. I’ve seen eagles drawing. And, I’ve seen a drawing of an eagle; several in fact.

"Empty Nest" was my drawing about a bald eagle leaving his nest in a flurry of adolescent feathers kicked out to fend for himself. A bald eagle falling into the sky from a post six feet high turned into my drawing, "Eagle On A Post."  The drawing, "Eagle Hearts" honors a wedding and featured a bird and her reflection mated for life. The two birds are alike, but different. Just like a happily married couple.

Graceful lines, sharp beaks, powerful claws capture my attention and in doing so draw on my imagination. Perhaps it is my imagination that makes the eagle’s story come to life for me.  Perhaps it is many years experience hiking and working outdoors.  Perhaps it is a combination of watching and waiting.  

Whatever the story, freedom is found in eagles.  Freedom from demands of cell phones and e mails, and artificial urgency.  It is the freedom found in the struggle for survival where there is time just to be an eagle.

"To Be An Eagle" is the first of three eagle drawings I'm currently working on. "I Am Eagle" is also finished that you can see at Art Works, New Work Collection

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