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American Dipper Flying Home<\/strong> is an original oil painting – not even varnished yet. It tells the story of a little flying dipper flying into a big waterfall, high in the Olympic Mountains of Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an 18\u2033 x 24\u2033 oil on canvas, and it is now available. The frame in the photo comes with it but we have other choices \u2013 I just really like how the frame colors fit with this painting. Outside measurements are about 24\u2033 x 30\u2033. We can ship this at cost, double-boxed and ready to hang. Email me at\u00a0larryeifert@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0if you\u2019re interested in more information. The framed price is $1300.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who don’t know about these interesting little birds<\/strong> – dippers, here’s a short essay about them. Also known as Water Ousels (East Coast), they make their living completely dependent on cold, clear mountain streams. They lives are entirely connected to these streams and they don’t migrate – even in winter. They even nest behind waterfalls in mossy wet pockets they build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dippers were John Muir’s favorite bird, and maybe mine, too. (their name is because they tend to bob up and down as they stand on rocks) The young birds are wet from birth from the constant cold spray of snowmelt water. The parents teach them the routine by diving in, then ‘walking’ underwater, kicking over stones searching for insects and larva. They use their wings outstretched to hold them down in the current. Dippers never leave their streams, and if a tight river bend means a brief flying detour over land, they, instead, fly the long way around the curve to stay connected to their water-home. It’s the very definition of wilderness I’ve always been drawn to and love to paint.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Below is my photo of Royal Falls, one of the sources of the Dungeness River and a major reference for this painting. Royal Falls is high in Olympic National Park, but only about 25 air-miles from where I write this in my studio. The Dungeness is one of the steepest watersheds in the country, dropping over 7000 feet in just 28 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A dipping American Dipper at Tunnel Creek, Olympic National Forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry Eifert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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