King Parrot (Queen) - Limited Edition 18 of 20 Print

Stylus Painting/Giclee Print on Canson Photographique Rag 310 gsm. 36"x36" edition of 10 also available. King Parrot (Queen) In this series of birds, the subject is presented as a profile portrait, slightly larger than life size. References to contemporary, ancient and prehistoric landscapes form the background cameos. The main focus is on the eye. More psychological portraits than ornithological studies, the images reflect the character and ancestry of the bird and the effect of eye contact. It is a slightly unsettling experience to have close eye contact with some of the more alert birds, long enough to know that you are as much the observed as the observer. This raises the whole question of consciousness. Is it the same consciousness observing itself in different forms? The prints are not reproductions from paintings. They are painstakingly painted on up to 100 layers with a touch-sensitive stylus in a paint programme. This way they can be printed on the studio printer that makes artwork of archival quality. In essence this is no different to traditional printmaking where the artist is both platemaker and printer.