Mixed Media on paper

Signed on the front.

I have been longing for and waiting patiently for the Yellow tailed Black Cockatoos to visit the bushland surrounding my home in Central Victoria! On a recent excursion I was rewarded with these beauties.
My son is a keen photographer and together we've spent countless hours persuing native birds and documenting their movements and habitat. Although they were particularly interested in the nearby row of pine trees lush with pine cones, they were more than happy to perch in this dry tree, possibly digesting the huge meal they had just eaten.
It was a cold windy day when we came across them and it was worth standing in the freezing cold to snap hundreds of photographs.
This to me is nature at it's best, unihibited and wind swept!
Countless hours and almost 2 months work has gone into this painting, the attention to detail well worth the effort.
It's a statement piece and would grace any space, bringing in the essence of Australia and the natural beauty that surrounds us.
This work was completed in watercolour and ink on a background of watercolour paper on illustration board.