The original is Watercolour in my Moleskine 200gsm Nature Journal – 8″ × 5″
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1. “Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.”

I was visiting a friend a while ago to see how it’s going with the Red Bishop she took over from me – he somehow lost a WHOLE wing as a fledgling in my garden – and I saw this little unknown bird (to me) in her aviary and enquired what it was. Turned out it’s a Common Red-poll {Corduelis flammea} from the US, which she had bought at a pet shop. If I had my way, all pet shops would be banned from selling anything besides cats and dogs, and even that is a stretch for me.
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1. I dream of a day when everybody would rather see birds free and in their natural habitat than wanting to capture their beauty in a cage….
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2. 17/05/2010 – Featured in Just Watercolours
3. 21st October 2010 – FEATURED in Pets Need A Hug
4. 15th January 2011 – FEATURED in All Creatures Great & Small
5. 31st December 2010 – Placed in the TOP 10 of the Challenge The Hand Drawing of all Winged Creatures in The Wonder of Wings – 2nd Place
6. 29th March 2011 – Placed in the challenge I Like birds in Dutch Showcase – 5th Place
7. 10th September 2011 – FEATURED in The Best of Anything & Everything

From my portfolio of Birds 1

Framed print – ideal Botanical for the study, hallway or passage

Greeting Cards – Botanical / bird theme

Post cards with a Botanical / bird theme