Cormorant on a pile

A cormorant drying its wings on a pile off the Kingston jetty, holding still for once.

Shore

Work 11 cormorant

Cormorant on a pile

Year
2026
Medium
Watercolour on cold-pressed paper
Size
28 × 38 cm
Availability
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Cormorants hold their wings open for minutes at a time after a dive, which is exactly long enough. This one stayed while I painted the water and left while I painted the bird, so the bird is from memory and the water is from life.

One of the smaller sheets; almost all of it is untouched paper.

Work 11 cormorant detail
Detail: the wings, painted from memory