Snowy Egret Metal Print

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While on a day trip to Monterey Bay, California my wife and I sat on a bench overlooking the shore near Pacific Grove, when this egret landed on a submerged rock surrounded by a Kelp bed. Egrets are very patient hunters, as it held this position for many minutes, waiting for some food to swim by.

About the Artist, Mike Robles I am a senior artist and a native Californian. I was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from Carlmont High School, Belmont in 1958. I graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 1963 with a BS in Physical Sciences. One week after graduating, I married Jane and this year we’ll be celebrating our 50th anniversary. My career as an analytical chemist for GE Nuclear Energy started in 1963 at the Hanford Engineering Works in Eastern Washington. In 1969, my family (wife and two sons) and I moved back to California and settled in Livermore. I continued working for GE for most of my 40 year career. I was exposed to art at a young age by my extremely gifted artist mother and step-father. But, I...