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Watercolor and Ink, 8.5"x11"
My submission for the collaborative art book, Losing Altitude, with the theme of endangered birds.
This bird is a Kinglet Calyptura, a critically endangered bird from Brazil. The concept of this painting is to represent its unknown status. The only photo we have of the bird is of a study skin made in the 1800s. The last verified sighting of the species was in 1996, after nearly a hundred years since the previous sighting. Whether the bird is alive or extinct is unknown, due to a variety of reasons. I attempted to show that by having a clearly live bird picking at the specimen tags tied to its leg. The tags, the perch, and the plant specimens (fruiting Acnistus aborescens and a snippet of a Tillandsia) at the base represent the scientific study and the bird as a specimen or a museum piece.
My submission for the collaborative art book, Losing Altitude, with the theme of endangered birds.
This bird is a Kinglet Calyptura, a critically endangered bird from Brazil. The concept of this painting is to represent its unknown status. The only photo we have of the bird is of a study skin made in the 1800s. The last verified sighting of the species was in 1996, after nearly a hundred years since the previous sighting. Whether the bird is alive or extinct is unknown, due to a variety of reasons. I attempted to show that by having a clearly live bird picking at the specimen tags tied to its leg. The tags, the perch, and the plant specimens (fruiting Acnistus aborescens and a snippet of a Tillandsia) at the base represent the scientific study and the bird as a specimen or a museum piece.
Image size
3122x3886px 4.93 MB
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Wow, the concept you came up with (and per-fect-ly executed) is fantastic. What a way to show how little we actually know about these birds. Let's hope they're still out there somewhere. Brilliant job on the whole piece, and on the Kinglet Calyptura itself of course. Love it! 