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Rapt in Solitude ~ 16×20 plein air oil on panel by San Diego Plein air artist, Ronald Lee Oliver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the quiet, early morning at the river bed beside the still waters that remain after a long California drought, I park my easel in the sand bar at water’s edge. An egret with feathers as blindingly white as a snow drift in alpine sunlight, wades and forages with patience and resolve, searching for morning victuals. \u00a0Suddenly it stops and peers down a long\u00a0and lethal\u00a0beak at some creature that stirs, just below the surface. For perhaps a minute, the bird\u00a0is motionless, stoic and rapt in solitude as the ripples\u00a0slowly\u00a0recede and the surface of the water returns to glassy calm. The egret,\u00a0unperturbed, with flapping wings, jumps and flies. I hear the air rushing through the feathers as it beats past and glides down the riverbed, beyond the dam, disappearing into the lush shade of the forest canopy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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