Regional Bird
Posters:
BIRDS
OF THE
BLUE MOUNTAINS and BIRDS OF THE CAPERTEE VALLEY
A2 size
Detail
Detail
Birds
of
the Blue Mountains poster - 109 species (above)
Birds of the Capertee
Valley poster - 121 species
A
new and ambitious project for the artist. 2 regional posters so
far: portraying over 100 species each on an A2 page. The
tiny portraits are rendered in intricate detail. Each pose is the
artist's own creation: drawing on years of experience sketching and
studying birds and their habits in the field: allowing a more natural
flow to the elaborate composition. However the plumage details of each
species are also carefully cross-referenced from many sources to try to
ensure an accurate but aesthetic representation. An effort has been
made to depict each species, where practicable, in the ecological niche
they are most associated with. An imaginative composite of local
habitats and flora has been amalgamated by the artist to facilitate
this.
The
originals involve a very painstaking procedure. They are laboriously
hand-done on paper: involving much research, and many
pre-drawings of each bird and also the entire compostion. Painted at
the same size as the final printing, each tiny pose was painted and
re-painted with the finest sable-hair brushes on heavy 600gsm
watercolour paper. Each poster has
taken many hundreds of hours work over months or years, often long
hours
into the night in the studio.
After digital scanning of the final artwork, the posters have been
printed locally (Clickmedia, Penrith) on high quality, specially
coated printing paper to allow the fine details and accurate colours of
the small portraits to be still enjoyed in reproduction.
(Canon 12 colour pigment ink printer on archival 180gsm matt paper).
Please handle
unlaminated prints with special care. Do not store tightly rolled for
prolonged periods. Relax by loosely
reverse rolling and weighting.
They are available unlaminated or laminated. Unlaminated is best
if you intend to frame later. Laminated is easiest for quick display
straight to the wall. Limited numbers are available pre-framed directly
from the artist but collection of fragile glass frames is as yet only
by direct pick-up from the artist's studio.
Price: both posters
Unlaminated: $25 AUD + p&p
Laminated: $35 AUD + p&p
Framed: $95 AUD
( available
only directly from the artist's studio)
Postage & packaging (Australia):
Packed in postal tube. Add $7 AUD.
Please allow
5 working
days for delivery after confirmation email from artist.
Posters are also available from a number of
outlets
in the Blue Mountains area.
See Contact & Sales Page
for
enquiries or further details on buying.
About the Birds of the
Blue
Mountains poster See illustration
above.
A 2 1/2 year project to complete. Showcasing 109 species from the
beautiful and rugged Blue Mountains, west of Sydney NSW. A World
Heritage listed area. The Blue
Mountains
is a large plateau
area dissected by spectacular sandstone cliffs and deep gorges carpeted
by
vast and diverse eucalypt forests with small pockets of warm-temperate
rainforest
and heathland. A ribbon of small mountain towns follows the ridgelines
of the Great Western Highway and Bell's Line of Road across the Blue
Mountains and are surrounded by rugged National Parks to the north and
south, scenic reserves, lookouts and many fine bushwalks. A terrific
area for
birdwatching and for connecting with nature.
The Blue Mountains birds poster depicts most of the common
and some rarer but special bushland bird species of the area (except
most of the urban, introduced and waterbird species which are generally
uncommon in this area). The background features small
representations of the habitats of the area: sandstone clifflines, wet
and dry sclerophyll bushland, heathland, rainforest, mountain streams
and birds of the air above. Plant species depicted include
Eucalyptus oreades and piperita, Mountain Devil, Saw Banksia, Waratah,
Coachwood, Grass tree and Blueberry Ash. Secreted within the
composition are various mammals, reptiles and insects, although taking
a
backseat to the birds.
About
the
Birds of the Capertee Valley poster See
illustration
above.
The first poster project for the artist. An almost accidental project:
the design just "grew" sideways from the cluster of finches on the far
left: add a fence, a strip of mountains and a mix of rural and woodland
habitats and hey presto, 6 months later, a framework to showcase 121
species of the Capertee Valley.
The
Capertee Valley is a special birdwatching area becoming
known
nationally and internationally as a haven for rare and declining
Australian woodland birds. It is located on the western edge of the
Blue Mountains (off the Mudgee Road) encompassing the hamlets of Glen
Davis and Glen Alice. A gloriously scenic valley surrounded on all
sides by spectacular cliffs and the Wollemi and Gardens of Stone
National Parks. A diversity of habitats has resulted in a proliferation
of bird species finding refuge in this large valley. Being a
cusp
zone where the forests of the Blue Mountains give way to the woodlands
of the western slopes; vegetation varies from semi-rainforest to
Ironbark/Box/Cypress Pine woodlands and farmlands. Not as heavily
cleared as many other rural areas, many woodland bird species, whose
populations have fallen alarmingly elsewhere, remain relatively common
and easily seen here.
A prime conservation focus of recent years has been the highly
endangered and beautiful Regent
Honeyeater.
A collaboration between
landholders, conservation bodies and many volunteers has led to
extensive habitat restoration with the replanting of thousands of
native trees. Bi-annual tree-planting weekends are held in the Capertee
each spring and autumn. New volunteer tree-planters are always welcome,
no experience necessary.
Contact for
further
information on volunteer tree-plantings in the Caperteee Valley:
Pixie
Maloney,
Administrative Assistant
Birds
Australia
Newington
Armory, 1 Jamieson St
Sydney
Olympic Park NSW 2127
Tel:
02 9647 1033 Fax: 02
9647 2030
Email:
basna@birdsaustralia.com.au
Website: www.birdsaustralia.com.au
Reporting
all sightings of the highly nomadic and rare Regent
Honeyater would
also be very much appreciated.(Note if the bird has coloured leg rings
including
order & on which
leg.)
Please
contact:
Birds Australia
Regent Honeyeater Recovery Coordinator
Dean Ingwersen
Email:
d.ingerwersen@birdsaustralia.com.au
Phone:1800
621056
Details of posters:
Size A2: 594 x 420mm - Blue Mountains. 304 x 838mm - Capertee
Valley
Printed by Clickmedia Digital Printers P/L: Unit 3, 57 Regentville Rd
Penrith. Ph: 02 47 22 9170
Canon 12 colour pigment ink printer. Archival 180gsm paper.
Laminated, unlaminated or framed. (Posters framed by Pro-frame Design,
Penrith).
All images
are the
property of the artist and are protected by copyright.
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