Winging It

A tricolored heron appears in five stages of flight along the shoreline, from wings fully extended to the shifting positions between each beat. Painted across five fragments of historic stoneware, Winging It breaks a single movement into a series of fleeting moments, capturing a familiar Gulf Coast bird as it moves through the landscape.

Year: 2026
Medium: Oil on five historic pottery fragments
Pottery: Albany-slipped stoneware, primarily c. 1880–1920
Locality: Eastern Shore, Mobile Bay, Ala.
Framed dimensions: 19.5 x 25.5 in. in.
Original artwork: One of a kind