These Little Corellas - Cacatua sanguinea - are in the parrot family of birds. They can be quite noisy especially when their calls are heard in larger flocks. Their outer wings and colouring is white but the hidden underneath feathers around the head can be pink/orange and under the wings and tail a pale yellow.... Continue Reading →
We had a visitor to our garden last week - can you see what it is? ...Maybe a little closer is needed... This lovely Carpet Python Morelia spilota was quietly curled up in amongst the leaf litter in one of our gardens - it must have felt us and decided to take a look at... Continue Reading →
The Sulphur crested cockatoo - Cacatua galerita - is one of Australia's iconic bird species. It is quite a large bird - up to 50cm and is often kept in captivity. It is known for it's cheeky disposition and it's fondness around populated areas of taking up 'residence' and often being quite destructive. They have... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year! Yes this is finally a new post for 2010! I have been having camera and computer problems which is most annoying however I managed to get some photos of recent 'visitors' to our neighbourhood. Both these birds are cuckoos - a parasitic bird that does not build its own nest or raise... Continue Reading →
I have just finished this drawing of a Kookaburra. Again it is drawn using light washed of watercolour and many many dots made with a fine nib rotring pen. It is a drawing I started last year and is part of my mission to complete unfinished projects. I am still carving one of the unfinished... Continue Reading →
I have finally started to get back to work - although slowly - and have just updated my website with the final version of the 'Tawny Expressions' linocut which I have called 'Evry Move You Make...Watching YOU'. The local 'tawnies' as they are affectionately known are back of an evening hunting under the street lights... Continue Reading →
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 