White or Pied Wagtail
by Barry Kent MacKay
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$500
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8.000 x 10.000 x 0.250 inches
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Title
White or Pied Wagtail
Artist
Barry Kent MacKay
Medium
Painting - Acrylic And Gouache On Compressed Hardboard
Description
The White (or Pied) Wagtail (Montacilla alba) has an enormous breeding range across Europe, Asia Minor, Asia and a small part of northern Africa. Individuals from various parts of this wide range show marked differences in the amount, and patterning, of the three dominate colours of the bird’s plumage: white, grey and black. Scientists separate these into distinct subspecies, between nine and eleven of them. Experts debate over the exact number, some thinking the group should be separated into two species, the dark ones, “pied wagtails”, and the light ones, “white wagtails”. There are, or may be, intermediate forms where subspecies’ respective ranges overlap. The subspecies I have shown in this approximately life-size painting, yarrellii, is the one found in the British Isles, and is characterized by a black back and solid white cheek, thus a member of the “pied” group. The painting illustrated the cover of a journal, Ontario Field Ornithologists, that featured a paper about the first appearance of this species in Ontario, in 2017, and from photographs it was determined that it was the UK subspecies. In some other parts of the White Wagtail’s range it has a grey back, and interestingly enough, that includes the birds found just across the English Channel, on the European mainland. Being both elegant and familiar, this species has occurred on stamps from at least 18 different locations in Eurasia and is the National Bird of the Republic of Latavia, a wonderful choice. The painting is mixed media, acrylic and gouache watercolour, on compressed hardboard, and is approximately 10 by 8 inches in size. $500.00, including frame and museum glass.
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