Allure Azure Kingfisher

For me this painting is not only a study of the beautiful and simply stunning Azure Kingfisher but it is also a study in light and colour. My aim was to create depth with colour and tone and a sense of light in the painting. Although simple there is many layers of colour and many hours of work in this painting, it is one of my favourite paintings so far. I have studied and photographed the kingfisher from my mother’s place, she lives on the Hastings river and often I stand on the little wharf and wait, sometimes all you can see is a brilliant flash of blue as they dart under the wharf before resting on a branch overhanging the water to wait and watch quietly for their prey.

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