“Pride of one's work is not improper, unladylike, or vain.
We can all take a lesson from the sea turtle. She does not travel thousands of miles or risk all for her ego.
She has an instinct for greatness - one that I believe is found in all living creatures.”
- Mary Alice Monroe
This painting was created on commission for a graduating senior who recently earned her pilot’s license.
I see so many similarities between the graceful swimming of sea turtles and the miracles of aviation - the speed, the vitality, the impossible weightlessness. It was a true delight studying and painting these incredible creatures.
16 x 20 inches (20 x 30 cm)
Sennelier Aquarelle watercolors, gesso, and Prismacolor and Polychromos colored pencils
on Canson cold press illustration board
**Created on commission**