RIMATARA LORIKEET 4 ( NOT A PHOTOGRAPH OR PHOTOMANIP) by DilettantO
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RIMATARA LORIKEET 4 ( NOT A PHOTOGRAPH OR PHOTOMANIP) by

Final of 4 digital paintings created using Corel Painter X for a WWF First Day Cover envelope issue.
As with the other 3 designs in this series, this is the unvignetted version.

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About DilettantO

I have been a freelance illustrator for over 35 years. For the last 10 or so, I have been working almost exclusively digitally, using Corel Painter x V on PC. I do NOT manipulate photographs to create my paintings. I use photos for reference purposes only.
Most of my work is for the WWF Stamp Collection.

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rimatara lorikeet, vini kuhlii, bird, nature, wildlife, cook islands

Comments

  • Tempe
    Tempeover 1 year ago

    beautiful, as if it has just had a sun shower,,,

  • Thank you Tempe,
    Love those purple dreads!
    XXX

    – DilettantO

  • annieannie
    annieannieover 1 year ago

    breathtakingly beautifull
    such skill is to be admired

  • Thank you. Very kind of you.X

    – DilettantO

  • Tainia Finlay
    Tainia Finlayover 1 year ago

    Outstanding ’O’such detail your a master at these! :)

  • Thanks Tainia.
    I just paint what I see. The more I see, the more I paint…X

    – DilettantO

  • Patricia Anne McCarty-Tamayo
    Patricia Anne ...over 1 year ago

    Love his feathers!

  • Thanks PA. What was interesting about these birds is the different kinds of feathers, ranging from those on it’s body, it’s wings and it’s head. X

    – DilettantO

  • Patricia Anne McCarty-Tamayo
    Patricia Anne ...over 1 year ago

    And they ahave so many colors too they are just little jewels!

  • We have Rainbow Lorikeets in WA (although they are not supposed to be here!!!)and they really are like flying rainbows….and very noisy ones at that….XHX

    – DilettantO

  • Patricia Anne McCarty-Tamayo
    Patricia Anne ...over 1 year ago

    yes so i have heard! LOL My friend had one as a pet, chirp chirp allllll the time lol

  • …and they are usually in large flocks in the wild, so you can imagine what that sounds like! XHX

    – DilettantO

  • LudaNayvelt
    LudaNayveltover 1 year ago

    colors as well as subject just perfect

  • Thank you. It’s good to be able to work in primaries in a ‘natural’ context and for it to be correct! X

    – DilettantO

  • Trish Meyer
    Trish Meyerover 1 year ago

    OH YES !!
    Brilliant work!!

  • Thanks again Trish. BTW I asked the zoologist about that plant in the last pic and he said he thought it was a ‘ginger plant’ but he wasn’t 100% sure. Here’s a WikiLink to it:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zingiberaceae

    Now painting a ‘Peacock Grouper’ which is a VERY spotty fish! X

    – DilettantO

  • Trish Meyer
    Trish Meyerover 1 year ago

    Seems like I was probably on the right track!
    The Peacock Grouper sounds familiar, look forward to seeing the work.

  • Thanks Trish,
    The grouper will take a while to paint so probably won’t be posted until next week…X

    – DilettantO

  • GregTS
    GregTSover 1 year ago

    The work of a gifted genius! A true masterpiece! Magnificent Art!!
    Greg

  • Thank you Greg. Very kind of you to say so. I enjoyed painting these beautiful birds.

    – DilettantO