Takahe Chick
Oil/Gold Leaf on Board
1000x1200mm
2010
Description
Takahe Chick is a painting of a specimen at the Auckland Museum. The bird is preserved in its chick stage of evolution.Takahe's are an endangered New Zealand Bird endemic to New Zealand. Recent efforts to increase their numbers have been successful with some relocated to remote New Zealand Islands. The use of Gold Leaf adds a luminous element to the work. The use of Gold Leaf is from the influence of Religious Icon painting.
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