MANY-COLORED FRUIT DOVE (not a photograph or photo manip) by DilettantO
DilettantO

MANY-COLORED FRUIT DOVE (not a photograph or photo manip) by

Digital painting created using Corel Painter vX,
Photos were used for ref only.
These delightful birds are found on the islands of the South pacific, notably Samoa, Fiji and Tonga.

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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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fruit dove, dove, fruit, bird, ptilinopus perousii, samoa, fiji, tonga, chordata, aves, columbiformes, columbidae

Comments

  • Warren. A. Williams
    Warren. A. Wil...4 months ago

    Hello my dear freind, what a stunning image, the colours & detail are just perfect..

    Hope you keeping well and making lots of $$$$.

    Take care
    Warren

  • Thanks Warren. It was good to paint something so attractive, after a long time with no work. I’m pretty happy the way it turned out too. Making lots of money? I wish! Just hanging in there…

    – DilettantO

  • Lozzie5243
    Lozzie52434 months ago

    Great work Hon. – as always. What pretty birds they are. Nicer than our plain old doves…..xxxx

  • Thanks Hon. I hope their song is more interesting too. XXXX

    – DilettantO

  • Trish Meyer
    Trish Meyer4 months ago

    Great work Owen … it is good to see your work again !
    This reminds me a bit of the Rose-crowned Fruit Dove found in Queensland.

  • Thanks Trish, I painted this after not having any work for a few months and I really doubted I could still do it. As it turned out, I found out I could. It’s possibly related to the one you have up there, as this one is found in the islands of the South Pacific.

    – DilettantO

  • rightasrain
    rightasrain4 months ago

    magnificent, O!! Nice to see you again. How are you?

  • Thanks. Sorry I haven’t been around much. As usual, my life is in a ‘state of flux’ and seems to becoming moreso… Will try and drop in more often.

    – DilettantO

  • francarpio
    francarpio3 months ago

    Thank you for illustrating with your magnificent illustrations the stamps of fauna WWF, philatelic collector. Regards, of Spain

  • Tempe
    Tempe26 days ago

    how beautiful and serene, it gives a feeling of ’all being right with the world" when i look at this, lovely !

  • edy4sure
    edy4sure19 days ago

    Fantastic work, the detail is amazing! Will be back to get more eyefuls of your work :)