Birds in my garden

Watercolour painting on 100% cotton paper.
These nutmeg mannikin or spice finch reminds me of my childhood and my home back in India. I would watch them with my mother as they flick their tail and fly in numbers. They are always in a flock and communicate with whistle like call. They always catch my eye because of their striking colour against the green of the plants. They are common in paddy fields where farmers consider them as a minor pest because of them feeding on the grains.
This painting will be a great addition to both, Modern and traditional interiors.

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Yukti is a Melbourne-based artist who works with watercolours. Yukti has a degree in Speech Language Pathology and Psychology. Her love for art and her profession has led her to pursue Art therapy course. She has been creating art since childhood with the influence of her father, who is also a psychologist and an artist.

Yukti is a self-taught watercolour artist and has been creating watercolour paintings full-time since 2017. The main theme in Yukti's work is flowers, birds and animals, which reflects her deep love of nature. She tries to captivate the beauty of nature in her watercolour paintings. She occasionally experiments with her style of painting with landscapes and portraits.

Currently, her work is best described as detailed and realistic. However, she is currently working on loosening her style and adding more artistic elements to her paintings. She is looking forward to where this direction will take her.