Soaring Owls Pair Diptych ~ "Shadows of the Sky" ~ Pastel Lovebirds pale buff below — was

pale buff below — was built through gentle wet-on-wet mineral pigment washes

Those tiny black "horns" — actually feather tufts — give them a distinctive silhouette that's easy to spot once you know what to look for

The fledgling's softer

not choreography

Soaring Owls Pair Diptych ~ "Shadows of the Sky" ~ Pastel Lovebirds pale buff below — wasThis owl pastel painting is a diptych two companion panels meant to hang together, each capturing an owl in soaring flight. The pair creates a visual conversation across your wall: two predators, two sets of enormous wings, two expressions of silent, purposeful power. Owls are the only raptors that hunt in near total silence their wing feathers are designed to eliminate turbulence noise and I wanted that silent intensity to permeate both panels. I