Splash!
Artwork Description
I observed some really interesting behaviour from Rainbow Bee-Eaters. Yes, this bird is NOT a kingfisher, but a bee-eater. There were several of them diving into shallow water - incredibly difficult to photograph, but I did manage to get a reference photo... Do they do this to simply take a bath? Get a drink? Or perhaps to hunt water-striders? I don't know! But it brought me great joy to capture this unusual behaviour in a painting. It was certainly a challenge to try to capture the motion of the bird's wings, the flying droplets in a moment in time.