A Great Blue Heron (Ardea Herodias) flips a fish proper to swallow whole on the St. Johns riverbank. Photographed by Mimi Gardenerd, a naturalist afield observing and recording birds, flora and fauna. Measures 9.5"x7", with frame 15"x12.5".

From the artist:

"My life began on family land in Western Massachusetts near Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary. Full of estuaries and tributaries running into the beginnings of the Scantic River.

As a Fortune 500 Corporate drop out, I recently settled within Jacksonville’s River City (near the mouth of the Saint Johns). I prefer to spend most of my day light hours observing and recording flora and fauna, closely connected to one of our planets great natural and spiritual powers. That power is and has always been a force I turn to for courage and strength. Sharing that power with others helps to provide me hope.

“Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money.”

― Cree Indian Prophecy

I hope this photograph inspires you to look at our rivers as a life source for all of us and look forward to hearing from you."