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Realm of the Kingfisher - Brenda Bryant
Brenda Bryant
Realm of the Kingfisher
Oil on canvas,
framed in oak
91.5 x 91.5cm
$2050
Do you feel it? Can you smell it? The fresh but earthy, damp scents of wood and moss when walking through an ancient Gondwana sub-tropical rainforest can create feelings of peace and tranquillity. In the area in which I live, we are fortunate to have a choice of these rainforests to explore – Binna Burra, O’Reillys, Springbrook, Purlingbrook, Nightcap, Natural Bridge and many smaller protected areas.
My painting is set in one of these beautiful rainforests, cooled by the small rapid creek running through it. I have also added a kingfisher, which is one of Australia’s most beautiful birds. Cloaked in stunning green, blue, turquoise and orange plumage, some kingfishers were once in danger of being hunted to extinction for their feathers.
Kingfishers live all over Australia and we have 10 native species, including the kookaburra, which is the largest.