Scarlet Ibis
by Barry Kent MacKay
Original - Sold
Price
$1,600
Dimensions
25.000 x 30.000 x 0.250 inches
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Title
Scarlet Ibis
Artist
Barry Kent MacKay
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Compressed Hardboard
Description
The Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) is native to South America, mostly along the Caribbean coast, but also south along the Atlantic coast, with, the last I heard, an isolated critically endangered population in south-eastern Brazil’s Baixada Santista district, nesting in coastal mangroves. It is also found on various islands of the southern West Indies, and strays still further north. It may sometimes been seen as far north as the continental U.S., and was, indeed, painted by Audubon, who found them in Louisiana in 1821. He said they were rare, leading many birders and ornithologists to conclude that he encountered “vagrant” or “accidental” birds. My own view, for what it is worth, is a little different. I think that birds such as the Scarlet Ibis were more heavily persecuted, in their case for their brilliant feathers in an era when there was a huge demand for colorful feathers for the millinery and fashion industries, and that they may very well have nested, the Gulf States and other regions where they are now absent. Now they are, because of their beautiful plumage, so often kept in zoos and other collections that it is normally impossible to determine if birds observed where they do not normally occur are truly wild birds from other climes, or escapees. In few places, now, is it especially numerous, with most occurring in mangroves and mudflats and the flooded plains and thinly inhabited llanos of Venezuela and Colombia. Tourists visit the famous colonies of the Caroni Swamp, in Trinidad, where the birds flock each evening. It is a spectacular sight as the lowering sun, filtered through tropical air makes their brilliant red feathers seem to glow. This painting is approximately life-size, and was done in acrylics on compressed hardboard. If I were to give the painting a name it might be “Scarlet on Red” since I have shown a trio of birds characteristically perched on the branches of a Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). The painting is 30 X 25 inches in size and framed. Price: $1,600. Sold.
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March 29th, 2021
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