Poised - Variegated Fairywren, 2025

100cm (W) x 100cm (H)

Mixed media on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed on the back.

This male Variegated Fairy-wren is in its full breeding plumage with its brightly coloured chestnut shoulders and azure crown. This is a species that occurs across much of eastern Australia and is a favourite amoung bird watchers.

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 visible the abstract and loose mark that were applied initially .

Framed with a Southern Buoy Flooded Gum Frame

Artwork is 100cm x 100cm (Frame 103cm x 103cm)