The Sunflower Thief

"The Sunflower Thief" painting is inspired by Sulphur Crested Cockatoos that visit my backyard every morning and evening. We have plenty of them in the suburb and they are a part of my daily life. Last year after visiting sunflower farms in Warwick, QLD, I was inspired to grow some in the backyard. Plants did well and had plenty of buds, some of them flowered beautifully as well. However, every time sunflower bloomed, it disappeared pretty much the same day. Some of them didn’t even bloom completely courtesy Sulphur Crested Cockatoos. They broke the stems of the sunflower plants whose flowers were hard to get to and brought them to the ground! Very intelligent birds – well I was impressed. While I didn’t get to enjoy the sunflower bloom as much, I did get to see this perfect robbery in action. This painting is just a glimpse of what happened to my sunflowers.

This artwork is on stretched canvas approximately 35mm thick and does not have a separate frame. Howerver, it has a cable stretched at the back and is ready to hang. You may also use hanging strips for safe damage free display on wall (you will need to remove the cable from the back if you decide to use hanging strips). Sides of the painting are continuation of the painting.

Size:
910mm x 610mm x 35mm (36" x 24" x 1.5")

Material:
Mont Marte Gallery Linen Pro Canvas

Colours:
Langridge handmade oil colours & mediums

Year completed:
2021

Framing:
Not framed

Ready to hang:
Yes. It has a cable stretched at the back and is ready to hang

Painting sides:
Painted as continuation of the painting

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I am an Australian artist living in Brisbane, Australia. I was born in the beautiful coastal town of Goa, India. Creativity and art have been my passion since childhood and to enhance that I moved to Brisbane in 2001 for higher education. I have qualification in advertising, design and IT and worked in corporate world for 10+ years. I gave up full time employment in 2017 to focus on my passion for art. Now I operate my own business in design, art and photography.

Nature intrigues me and I really enjoy capturing wildlife and landscapes on canvas. I am passionate about nature conservation and aim to promote the significance and beauty of wildlife and nature through my art. Realism is my preferred style of art, however I also enjoy creating stylised paintings from time to time.

I spend a lot of time absorbing the elements of nature and photographing references that help me create my paintings. This process not only helps me gather references but also helps me learn about the natural environment and capture the mood of nature that I can translate into my painting. I create my artwork with realistic intricate details to bring the story of nature to life as I experience it.

I use high quality art material for my paintings. Most of my newer paintings have been created using Langridge oils and mediums which are handmade in Melbourne. Some of my older paintings were made using Windsor and Newton acrylic colours and mediums. I also use Faber- Castell Polychromos pencil colours to create drawings. All surfaces I use for my oil and acrylic paintings are made of extremely high quality linen or polycotton canvas and usually they are custom made to the requirements of my artwork.