Osprey "Over Troubled Waters" Original Watercolor Painting

Introducing for the first time ever on the Wild Planet Creations website, "Over Troubled Waters" featuring an osprey returning to Florida after a long migration from South America, and witnessing a delicate brown pelican entangled in improperly discarded fishing gear. Samantha created this painting to showcase how often entanglement in "ghost gear" or poorly discarded fishing gear - especially for birds that frequently hang around the shoreline and docks. However, she also highlights that WE have the ability to make a positive change by attending beach clean-ups and practicing safe fishing techniques.

This painting is 10" x 16" in size and comes matted as well as framed. Samantha hand-selected the mat board and frame to really make this painting stand out. The hanging wire is already installed to make decorating your home with this piece a breeze.

It took a full 2 weeks for Samantha to complete this incredibly detailed painting. She focused heavily on the perspective of the painting to make sure the planks of the dock lined up perfectly to give the illusion that you are looking onto the scene from above. Samantha also noted that there are very few reference photos of ospreys in flight from above (usually the photos are from below of their undersides). This anatomy composition was equally exciting as it was challenging. Samantha primarily used Winsor and Newton professional series watercolor tube paints (as well as a few Daniel Smith tube paints) on cold press, acid free, 300 gsm  Blick watercolor paper. She hand signed the front of the painting as well as the back (which she also dated with the year this painting was created - 2024). 

Samantha is more than happy to hand deliver this painting right to your front door! (as long as you reside within 100 miles of her art studio location). Otherwise, she will ensure pristine delivery via a custom made and well-insulated ULINE box. The painting will also come with a hand signed and dated Certificate of Authenticity with gold detailing and placed in a high-quality certificate folder.

Any watermarks on the photographs used in this listing are purely to ensure that someone (or AI) does not steal the artwork illegally. The watermarks do not exist on the actual painting. Also, the resolution of the photos used in this listing is much lower than the actual painting! In other words, the painting's details are crisp and vivid compared to some of the photographs here (Shopify doesn't allow image files above a certain size).

With your official adoption of this painting, Wild Planet Creations will donate 10% of all profits to wildlife conservation organizations! This means $120 will be donated from the purchase of this painting! Thank you for your contribution to wildlife conservation!