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The great horned owl Is such an immense and powerful bird, yet his movements are so silent that he is nearly impossible to detect. The stare is what I concentrated on in this piece. The intensity the owl has in his unblinking stare innerves me at a level I needed to express. I used quick sketched lines in pastel pencil and moved into softer and deeper pastels to lay down a tapestry of textures.
