Soaring Owls Pair Diptych ~ "Shadows of the Sky" ~ Pastel Lovebirds Those tiny black "horns" —

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

and this painting catches the instant before the dive begins

They're masters of disappearance

unexpectedly nimble for their size

The fledgling's softer

Soaring Owls Pair Diptych ~ "Shadows of the Sky" ~ Pastel Lovebirds Those tiny black "horns" —This 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