Koala with Noisy Miner
by Barry Kent MacKay
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Price
$700
Dimensions
18.000 x 24.000 x 0.250 inches
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Title
Koala with Noisy Miner
Artist
Barry Kent MacKay
Medium
Painting - Oil On Russian Birch Panel
Description
With the horrific losses of wildlife in Australia I felt compelled to break out of my comfort zone and do a painting in memory of the huge numbers of wild animals that were lost. The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) became something of a poster species symbolizing the great losses. On the other hand the Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala), native to much of eastern and south-eastern Australia, is not what usually comes to mind when we think of Australia’s many unique wildlife species, nor the most endearing. They occur in large flocks and act aggressively toward other bird species, even to displacing them. However, they are also unique to Australia, one of about 75 members of an Australian bird family called “honeyeaters”, or Meliphagidae. Their abundance is a result of them being comfortable co-habiting with humans in parks, yards and gardens and degraded woodlands, especially if free of much vegetative ground cover and understory. Their increasing numbers, and the decreasing numbers of Koalas, both owe everything to human activity, as does the climate change that fuels the ferocity of the current fire seasons Down Under. This oil painting is 24 X 18 inches on Russian birch; approximately life-size. $700.00. Sold.
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May 1st, 2021
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