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by Barry Kent MacKay
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Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.
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When I was a young child there were very few resources open to me to see images of, or learn about, bird species not native to North America. I... more
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When I was a young child there were very few resources open to me to see images of, or learn about, bird species not native to North America. I recall opening a book at the library – I don`t recall the title – that had a pen-and-ink drawing of a bird called a Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua). How exotic that seemed to me, a colourful bird with a large beak, according to the accompanying text. Years later, when I got to travel in Central and South America, I made the acquaintance of the bird, itself, although by then I knew that the family of birds to which it belongs, the Tyrant Flycatchers, includes over 400 species with ranges spread over most of North, Central and South America and the West Indies and Galapagos, with many species having small ranges and being little known. There are more species in the Tyrant Flycatcher family than in any other bird family. The Boat-billed has a huge range, from Mexico south to Argentina. I have shown a bird from Ecuador, of t...
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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