Wedge-tailed Eagle Wing(study)

This is drawing is a preparatory study for a large oil painting I did of Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle, the first of my Endangered wildlife series. While wedge-tailed eagles are common on the mainland, in Tasmania they are endangered.
I drew this from life in the store rooms of the Melbourne Museum, depicting it life-size in order to capture something of the the energy and scale of the bird, while carefully noting the feather patterning and tonal variation.

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Jason Roberts is an Australian artist who has spent more than thirty years travelling and painting the world. He has exhibited in New York, Tokyo and London, and been commissioned by the Sultan of Oman and the Maharaja of Jodphur. His finely honed realist technique lends itself to sensitive depictions of a wide range of subjects, from animals and landscapes, to architecture, maritime art, people and botanical artwork.