Messenger
by Beverley Harper Tinsley
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12.000 x 9.000 inches
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Title
Messenger
Artist
Beverley Harper Tinsley
Medium
Painting - Watercolor And Graphite
Description
Messenger
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Messenger is a cool toned blue and green, impressionistic watercolor painting of a great blue heron and the waterscape it silently inhabits. I find the beauty of these birds breathtaking, and I’ll admit I sometimes see birds as messengers, especially if see them repeatedly, they offer me an invitation to reflect on something.
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This is the second time I’ve painted a heron, and I wanted once again to emphasize that the location, the setting of this painting, is important. Mixing gorgeous and varied greens and blues for this piece of art brought me joy and serenity, both lively and meditative. I hoped both to depict his thrilling sighting of a delightful bird, and to express how seeing it makes me feel, using painterly, expressive brushstrokes.
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This particular heron is one I have seen in Evergreen and Kittredge Colorado, although I painted this piece in Oregon, and also saw a beautiful heron land and hunt in the tidal flats there during my recent visit.
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According to:
http://www.crystalwind.ca/animal-totems/spirit-of-blue-heron
As with all of the Creature Beings of the Earth Mother, the coloring of the Great Blue Heron’s feathers is significant, as each color carries with it special attributes unique to that Creature. Blue in nature is connection to Father Sky and also represents Peace and Tranquility. In Esoteric thought, deep blue is also the color of the sixth chakra which corresponds to the third eye. Hence, insight and psychic vision are also emphasized here.
Although the Great Blue Heron is by nature a predominantly solitary bird, during mating season, Herons will gather in clusters to nest and raise young in what are called colonies. It is quite remarkable to witness the peace and harmony that abounds in these colonies, and is a testimony to the ability of a highly independent creature to adapt to communal life.
Just as the Blue Heron must find within him/herself the ability to live in cooperative peace with other members of the colony, so does the two-legged beside whom Heron fly enter the Earthwalk with the theme of Peace. This may either be a natural state of Being for one with this bird as a Primary Totem, or in the instance where Great Blue Heron has surfaced as either a Messenger or Lesson Totem, the Lesson then becomes finding Inner Peace and Tranquility.
If Great Blue Heron is one of the Primary Totems, throughout life much interest will be focused in establishing and maintaining Peace. Initially however, this quest for harmony may manifest as the Blue Heron Soul attempting to direct Others to such a state, preliminarily failing to recognize that Peace must first come from Within. Consider the following quote by the renowned Sioux Holy Man, Black Elk:
"The first peace, which is the most important, is that which
comes within the souls of the people when they realize their relationship,
their oneness with the Universe and all its powers,
and when they realize that at the center of the universe
dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere,
it is within each of us."
When Blue Heron soul finds that Peace within the Self, the lesson gained in the journey there will be shared as a means of guiding Others to finding that same Peace within. Yet when in peaceful attunement and harmony with Self, the two-legged beside whom Blue Heron flies will also emit a powerful and profound tranquil vibration that will affect all around them and inspire the burgeoning soul to become balance and harmony with All, a priceless Gift to give indeed!
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Messenger is availale,framed. Contact artist for photos of original painting in frame.
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http://www.crystalwind.ca/animal-totems/spirit-of-blue-heron has much more to say about these beautiful birds, so please visit there, for a more in depth, fascinating and thoughtful exploration of the topic.
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October 6th, 2017
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