Mixed Media on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed on the back.

This artwork comes with an external frame

This artwork will be exclusively avaliable to purchase at Affordable Art Fair Melbourne (29th August- 1st September).

This male Variegated Fairywren is in its full breeding plumage with its brightly coloured chestnut shoulders and azure crown and ear coverts.

This mixed media piece was created by building up layers of materials. The work starts with layers of acrylic paint or goauche in various opacities, and texture is also added through drawing with coloured pencils. Finally the details of the bird are added in oil paint and oils are also worked back into the background while still leaving the lightness and freshness of the initial background visible.