Elegance of Flight

"While laying on my back watching the birds in flight, I wonder at what an ingenious creation all birds are.   What da Vinci geometry was used to help them lift their many shapes and sizes without excuses into the air?  I long to share the joyfulness of their dance.  Is the lesson for me to cut the tethers that restrain my lofty dreams......no matter their size or shape?"


Deborra Marshall Bohrer

Abstract painting with gold and black splatters, suggesting a landscape.
Black circle on a white background.

FLIGHT

Artist's Personal Collection

Acrylic on Board - 77”w x 43”h - 2015

"Lifting …swirling….falling

                                       to be caught by the warm breeze

The mist of the water carrying a cool embrace of delight

                              Dancing amongst the swells playing

                                                                                    tug of war over sustenance.

Who takes it seriously?

                                                                                             …the silence will."


Deborra Marshall Bohrer

ELEVATED TANGO

Red circle with the word

Acrylic on Linen - 48”w x 60”h - 2019

Crane with wings outstretched, red cap, gray and tan feathers, walking in marshy water.
White sandhill crane with a red head stands in red water, gold sky behind it.
Black circle on a white background.

RESPLENDENT

Acrylic on Canvas -                          45.75”w x 43.75”h - 2016

GENTLE PURSUIT

Black circle on a white background.

 Acrylic on Canvas - 48”w x 48”h - 2016

Crane with white body, red head, and long beak, depicted in abstract style against dark background.
Crane with white, red, and black feathers, looking down, in a red-tinted wetland; gold sky.
Black circle on white background.

MAJESTIC PRESENCE

 Acrylic on Canvas -                      48”w x 48”h - 2016

MAHLER’S CRANE

Red circle with the word

 Acrylic on Canvas - 48”w x 48”h - 2016

White swan, head tucked, with red beak, against a dark, textured background.
Three birds with curved necks, red and beige against a white, speckled background.
Red circle with the word

INTERTWINED

Acrylic on Canvas -                    48”w x 60”h - 2017

"Can you remember the moments without?

When you wake to that soft morning light with whom you

seek comfort?

Whose voice are you eager to hear?

Does that voice travel through the breeze

while the leaves flutter in delight?

As the violins tantalize the oboe

does your body yearn to create a melody?

Love is that blissful reminder

that all can be right with the world if

………even for a moment."


Deborra Marshall Bohrer

MOONLIGHT WHISPER

Red circle with the word

Mixed Media on Board -                     24”w x 24”h - 2017

Abstract owl painting with blue, purple, and white brushstrokes.
Abstract painting, yellow and blue brushstrokes, purple bird-like shape, white wing, text near bottom, circle.
Black circle on a white background.

NIGHTINGALE

Cold Wax and Oil on Board -    36”w x 36”h - 2022

THE DANCE

Black circle on a white background.

Acrylic on Board -                                 6' w X 6'h X 2"d - 2017

Two Sandhill cranes in a grassy field, wings spread, facing each other with a purple-toned background.
Blue heron with outstretched wings against a black background.
Red circle with the word

MERLIN

Acrylic on Board -                        6’w x 6’h x 2”d - 2021

Underneath the flight of the Great Blue Heron,

I am warned that I have tread into a space of mythical protection.

Calling out to the sky, heralding my arrival. I look up with

amazement that a winged creature of such stature is sharing with

me his thoughts, gliding through his territorial perimeters of

ownership.

I should learn his language so I can traverse the boundaries of

time.


Deborra Marshall Bohrer

AMONGST THE LILACS

Black circle on a white background.

Acrylic on Board - 36”w x 36”h - 2017

White bird flies through purple lilac blossoms.
Abstract painting of figure with open book under large, orange winged bird. Green, yellow, and brown tones.
Red circle with the word

FIREBIRD RISING FROM THE ASHES

Acrylic on Canvas -                      48”w x 60”h x 1.5”d - 2022

REGAL STOICISM

Red circle with the word

Artist's Personal Collection

Acrylic on Board -                                48”w x 96”h x 2”d - 2021

A blue heron stands in dark water. The bird has a long neck and orange beak; yellow background.