Fine art print of original painting.

Glossy Black Cockatoo’s highly specialized diet of almost exclusively the seeds of she-oak trees has left them vulnerable to the actions we humans take. The story of she-oaks and Glossy Black Cockatoos is a long tale, both having evolutionarily developed for the other, with specialized beaks on the cockatoos and the tree evading predation. She-oaks are unusual trees, separated into male and female (dioecious), with the female trees producing the cones that contain seeds. Their fates are intertwined, with both the Glossy Black Cockatoo and the She-oaks it feeds from both listed as endangered.

This artwork celebrates this unique and special relationship and features a female Glossy Black Cockatoo (right) and fledgling (left). A hopeful inclusion, the fledgling represents the future. We were lucky enough to see this dynamic pair on the beach (along with a male) in northern NSW this past April, lifting our hearts.

This print has stamina! Genuine museum grade fine art archival print made to enjoy for a lifetime. Printed in Australia by professional printers using non-toxic archival inks from an original painting on acid free cotton fibre rag, 308 gsm. Each print individually signed.

This artwork was painted for the Bird Week Exhibition, an annual art exhibition supporting BirdLife Australia. The theme this year ‘From the Ground Up’ explores the crucial connection between birds and trees.

Description:
6x8” / 152mm x 203mm
Printed in Australia on museum grade fine art archival print using non-toxic archival inks on acid free cotton fibre rag, 308 gsm. Each print individually signed and unframed. Shipped flat in study packaging for transport.