Flame Robin
(Petroica phoenicea)
Watercolour pencil on cartridge paper.
The
Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea) is a small passerine bird native to Australia. It is a moderately common resident of the coolest parts of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania.
Classified by BirdLife International as Near Threatened, the species has suffered a marked decline in the past 25 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_Robin
Orange-bellied Parrot
(Neophema chrysogaster)
Watercolour pencil on cartridge paper.
The
Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) is a small broad-tailed parrot endemic to southern Australia, and one of only two species of parrot which migrate.
The Orange-bellied Parrot breeds in Tasmania and winters in coastal grasslands on southern mainland Australia. With a population in the wild of fewer than 35 to 50 wild birds, it is regarded as a critically endangered species.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-bellied_Parrot
White-fronted Bee-eater
(Merops bullockoides)
Watercolour pencil on cartridge paper.
Red-tailed Tropicbird
(Phaethon rubricauda)
Pastel, watercolour pencil, chinagraph pencil on recycled paper.
Forest Raven
(Corvus tasmanicus)
Soft pastel, pastel pencil, charcoal, oil pastel on recycled paper.
Caricature Hummingbird
Colour pencil, ink pen on recycled paper.
Paper Ornament Elephant
Watercolour pencil on cartridge paper.
Appropriation of Bouguereau’s L’innocence
(Self Portrait with Gabe & Chiko)
Watercolour pencil & watercolour paint on cartridge paper.
Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax fleayi) Circling The Weld Valley
Oil pastel on recycled paper. Bird: watercolour pencil on cartridge paper affixed with cotton thread.
The
Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle (
Aquila audax fleayi) is an endangered bird of Tasmania.
Reasons for the decline of the Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle are a decline in breeding success from disturbances of nests, loss of habitat, a small breeding population, a decline in the number of mature individuals, and an unnaturally high mortality rate due to persecution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_Wedge-tailed_Eagle
