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6.50" x 8.00"
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2.00"
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0.88"
Overall:
12.00" x 13.50"
Eskimo Curlews #2 Framed Print
by Barry Kent MacKay
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Eskimo Curlews #2 framed print by Barry Kent MacKay. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
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The Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis) was a small curlew species found only in the western hemisphere. It is now, sadly, extinct. Iused to nest in... more
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Artist's Description
The Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis) was a small curlew species found only in the western hemisphere. It is now, sadly, extinct. Iused to nest in the Canadian arctic, its exact breeding range unknown, but presumably from Alaska east to what is now Nunavut. And in fact, this painting was done to illustrate a book on the birds of Nunavut, formerly the eastern part of the Northwest Territories. The Eskimo Curlew was once abundant, and killed by market and sport hunters in huge numbers during the 18th and 19th Centuries. They were highly migratory, and we know that in the summer they left their far northern breeding grounds and flew to the Atlantic coast, and then south, through the West Indies, to their wintering grounds in Patagonia. In late winter or early spring, they would head north, taking a more direct route up through Central America and the prairies. Like other highly migratory shorebirds they would have accomplished some very long flights over untenable habitat such...
About Barry Kent MacKay
Renowned Canadian bird artist, writer, naturalist, and conservationist, Barry Kent MacKay has “always been an admirer of birds, anxious to see them, paint them, and care for them.” Barry’s biological and ecological accuracy has put him in demand for commissions, to illustrate books, scientific journals and various print and digital media. He has painted birds and other wildlife from around the world, often life size, working in oils, watercolours, and acrylics. He prefers to sell original art, and keeps prices low. “Actual, original art should be affordable for middle class buyers,” he says. “I avoid having to depend on selling reproductions so that the market does not dictate what I paint, which can often be little-known...
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