Serene Loyalty was my second of the eagle series. I had so much fun doing this drawing. I experienced profound spiritual and emotional growth while I did this drawing. Like when I worked on Timeless Freedom, engaging in the drawing of this piece with a prayerful and grateful consciousness, I was deeply blessed in many ways.  The title, Serene Loyalty, grew out of a two-fold inspiration.  The first one being that I was determined to follow through with this piece to its completion, (for I had a history of sometimes starting a picture but not finishing it), and it was a lot of work, building up the layers of hue, dark and light to reach the desired realism, especially in the grassy hill, and the rippled water near the shore.  This perseverance was becoming a part of my desire for self-actualization in Art ~ the higher potential and Divine purpose I knew I was meant to fulfill.  The second inspiration for the title was that of the example of bald eagles themselves, for once they find a mate, they are loyal companions until death.  This is what I still aspired to experience in my life, in the thing called ‘relationship’.   I have felt that it is important to release the negativity of the past and reaffirm the ‘vulnerable’ spirit that belongs to true loyalty.

In composing the picture, I used a photo of two or three eagles on the hill, but I took away all but one, and then added the eagle flying away from the nest to, as I affectionately say, “go fishing”.

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YOUTHFUL WONDER (Where Waters Meet Earth)  -  Colored pencil on paper, 18" x 24", 2006

I love the youth of the world. This piece, Youthful Wonder (Where Waters Meet Earth), as the third drawing of the eagle series, was inspired by an awakening childlike appreciation for the beauty in all of Creation.  This eagle is a juvenile bald eagle, exploring the coastline with wide, beaming eyes, echoing the innocent wonder of our children.   I had tremendous fun drawing this picture, because I had a knowing in my heart that as I applied the various colors and hues, that I was connecting to a deep part of myself that I had sadly neglected for too many years.   How do you feel about the child within you?  Do you feel you need to awaken this Delicate, yet Resilient One and see what wonderful creative things you can do in your life?

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It is my intention to do more eagle drawings in the future, and especially my hope to visit up in the northern parts where the eagles are thriving and take my own photos of this noble creatures to use for further exploration in the drawing and painting of them.

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