Crazy Cockies

Crazy Cockies by Carolyn Brennan-Tucker - this painting was inspired by black cockatoos flying through the landscape near Alice Springs.

“This painting should come with a sound track. The whistlings, croakings, rasping chatterings of the red tailed black cockatoo as they call to each other in flight , when perched or feeding is one of the nicest, cheeriest, sound and always has an effect of calming happiness upon me. Watching these guys’ playful antics, hanging upside-down on power lines, for seemingly no other reason than for the fun of it, always makes me feel so happy. I photographed these chaps on the 10th May on my way to school and spent a pleasant ten minutes videoing and photographing them before they decided they had had enough and flew off. This painting is my interpretation of their flight.” - Carolyn.

The edges of the canvas are painted to extend the beautiful painting on the front - it would almost be a shame to frame it and miss out on more of the painting!

Canvas size: 50w x 50h x 4d cm

Medium: Acrylic on stretched canvas, ready to hang

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Carolyn Brennan-Tucker is inspired by the landscapes of the Northern Territory. She paints the landscapes around her, often concentrating on the rocky hills, trees and beautiful cloud formations at dusk that she sees on her evening walks. She has lived in many parts of Australia, and you will see the influence this has had on her work through her past and present works.

Carolyn paints with acrylics, often on a large scale, capturing the essence of the landscape around her. Carolyn has always been artistic and started to paint seriously in 2008 when she returned to Timber Creek to work at the local school.

“I was irrevocably drawn to the baobab tree; they were all around me. I visualised them as people, and studied their life cycle and amazing forms, and so I started painting them, winning the People's Choice award in 2009 at the Pine Creek Gold Rush Festival, and selling my first painting after exhibiting at the Timber Creek festival.”

Now Carolyn lives and works in Harts Range in the desert surrounded by the East MacDonnell Ranges. She chases the light and shadows she sees morning and evening, capturing the changing times of the day on her canvas.