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Published: 2007-08-16 04:54:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 1812; Favourites: 50; Downloads: 39
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The title of this piece refers to the unbelievable colour of the Australian outback as much as the species of kangaroo. The reference photos for the background, though shot with a pro camera, simply can't capture the true depth of this colour, especially when seen against the deep azure of the sky near Uluru (Ayers Rock). I actually took home a tiny pill bottle of the red sand for colour reference, but even oil paint, though close, still can't quite do justice to the sheer colour of the Red Centre. The full effect can only be truly experienced in person.Related content
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I cannot stop looking at this. Sure, you've got enough talent and skill to paint realistically, but the colors and the composition blow me away. As a desert enthusiast, I've always wanted to visit the outback, and this piece appeased that desire for the time being. Well done.
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This brings a tear to my eye...
I love the red heart of Australia. I'd seen Aquila audax so many times I'd started taken them for granted. Then you move to place like Beijing with next to *no* wildlife and you realise what you've lost.
Actually, one thing I *don't* miss about central Australia is that bloody spinifex ... ouch!
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You DO miss a lot-Megalania, Quinkana, and all the other land predators are...GONE!!! GONE DUE TO HUMAN STUPIDITY!!!!!
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Many thanks Gogo, The Wedgie is one of my favourites too, my earliest memory is of my grandparents stopping to show us a pair in the hills outside Melbourne, I was no more than 3 but I remember those giant birds, so close, circling lazily above our heads like it was yesterday.
And I too have many a stab wound to show for my time in Spinifex! Vicious stuff, but its where everything lives out there!
Thanks again, take care!
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No problem!
My ultimate Aussie raptor-paradise was definately the Kimberleys, WA (Fitzroy Crossing, Gogo & Mt Pierre Station, Geikie & Galeru Gorge) in July 2005. In a fortnight I encountered about 2/3 of Australia's accipitrids and all Aussie falconids (including a haunting glimpse of the elusive Falco hypoleucos).
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Wow! You saw a Grey!? Nice work! Its one of two I still haven't seen with the Letter-Winged Kite, not that I haven't spent many days looking.
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Another beautiful piece! All that detailing in the kangaroo is just stunning.
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Featured this in my new journal --> [link]
Hope you don't mind
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Thank you guys, sorry I've taken so long to reply, I've been away. What a lovely comment, Donna, that was exactly what I was trying to achieve. It's always a great compliment when someone nails what you were going for so precisely. This was always as much about the negative spaces as the animals.
One of my very favourite birds, this is still as close as I've come to painting the magnificent Wedge-Tailed Eagle, one of the world's largest.
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I agree with the above commenters. This piece is beautiful. What a bold composition too; it looks so stark and almost architectural and geometric.
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Lovely painting! I love the composition, and realism is expertly acheived. Beautiful. Even if not quite as red as real life....
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Really lovely painting. The red sand is so bold! It's almost unreal.
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Very kind rasberry, thank you. I hope you get the chance to see the colours of Central Australia for real, no paint or photo can ever really capture it. I love that someone could look at my work and daydream! That makes me happy!
Thanks again!
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It's a Wedge-Tailed Eagle, very similar to the North American & European Golden Eagle. It's one of the largest Eagles with a 2 1/2 metre wingspan.
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amazing beautiful colours here... love the shadow of the bird.. really engaging and unique composition.. really makes you want to just look at it and daydream...
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