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by Barry Kent MacKay
$38.50
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This is an approximately life-size painting showing a tiny section of a breeding colony of Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla). These small,... more
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This is an approximately life-size painting showing a tiny section of a breeding colony of Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla). These small, attractive gull species nest on cliffs (and sometimes on ledges of buildings or bridges or piers) along northern coastlines of both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, north up into the arctic. Each winter a few wayward birds, usually young ones, wind up in the lower Great Lakes, but for the most part they are very much marine birds. Unlike many gulls they are not scavengers, but prefer hunting their own food, marine organisms found near or at the surface of the ocean. They make messy nests of seaweed and other plant life, that becomes covered with excrement, which may help sterilize the immediate area and keep the young birds healthy. Adults in breeding plumage are distinctive, with yellow beaks, dark eyes and jet-black wing tips. They have only three toes, lacking the hind toe found in other gulls. There is also, in the far north Paci...
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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