Curlew Dance

Stone curlews dancing in the moonlight. Many people have a fond appreciation for this bird with it’s wide eyed stare. It’s so common in urban parks and gardens.

"Stone-curlews cry their haunting song." - This painting is one of the artworks I created for children’s book “Snuggled Away” written by Cate Storey.

Getting the habitat accurate for the curlew, but keeping it an interesting composition was a challenge, but with texture and colour and such poised birds I feel we can all get a sense of the beauty of these feathered creatures.

Bush-stone Curlews.

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Sarah Matsuda is a fine artist and children's book illustrator living in Clayfield, Brisbane. Specialising in mixed media, Sarah works on a range of commissioned pieces for books, portraits and also figurative pieces for sale.

The third generation artist on both sides of her family, Sarah's mother is Robyn Bauer the fine artist painter & her father is Mark Andrews the sculptor who created the larger than life "Sheep" at Teneriffe, Brisbane. Her grandmothers Joan Bauer & Pixie Joan Andrews were also both well known, Brisbane artists. Sarah’s first exhibition was a joint exhibition at the age of 13 years old with her mother Robyn, where she showed lino prints coloured with watercolour and sculptures of animals in clay.

Sarah's first solo show was in 2022, in conjunction with the launch of a beautiful children’s book about Australian wildlife called “Snuggled Away” written by Cate Storey and illustrated by Sarah. They have also published a second book "The Perfect Hollow" and their third book "Sunny Finds His Song" is about to be released.

You can commission artworks for subjects including brides and wedding images, boudoir, breastfeeding mother and baby, family portraits & pregnancy.