Morning Flight

Morning Flight captures that brief, beautiful moment when the day is just beginning and everything is in motion: petals in the breeze, shadows stretching, birds lifting into sky. It’s a scene you don’t photograph, but one your memory holds onto anyway.

Dawn Richardson painted this piece after watching a flock of birds take off from a wildflower field in Door County. The shapes in the sky blurred with the color below, and she found herself less interested in capturing what she saw and more drawn to the sensation of lift. The result is loose, joyful, and kinetic — a burst of early light, wingbeats, and petals stirred by wind.

Morning Flight is more felt than seen: a swirl of color and energy, grounded by nothing but the moment itself.