Mackinder's Cape Eagle-Owl Metal Print

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Cape Eagle-Owl (Bubo capensis mackinderi)
The Cape Eagle-Owl is found in southern Africa and parts of East Africa. In this watercolour painting I have shown the race sometimes called Mackinder’s Eagle-Owl, (Bubo capensis kinderi), a more northern subspecies found from Kenya south to the northern sections of southern Africa, sometimes considered to be a distinctly separate species. They are often found on rocky hillsides, but also woodlands and human communities where semi-domestic Rock Pigeons and rats provide abundant food. This painting is in gouache watercolours on paper. 15 X 20 inches. $650 framed.

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...