"Tawnies" oil paintings by Susan Parsons November7-27
Susan
Parsons
Three Wise Men
2014
Oil on
board
44 x 60
cm
$480
Susan
Parsons
Handful
2014
Oil on
board
44 x 60
cm
$490
Susan
Parsons
Grumpies
2014
Oil on
board
44 x 60
cm
$430
Susan
Parsons
Patience
2014
Oil on
board
44 x 60
cm
$490
Susan
Parsons
Where’s Dinner?
2014
Oil on
board
44 x 60
cm
$490
Susan
Parsons
School’s In
2014
Oil on
board
60 x 44
cm
$480
Susan
Parsons
Where’s Mum?
2014
Oil on
board
60 x 44
cm
$480
Susan
Parsons
Watchful
2014
Oil on
board
38 x 28
cm
$340 SOLD
Susan
Parsons
Resting
2014
Oil on
board
38 x 28
cm
$320
Susan
Parsons
Waiting
2014
Oil on
board
33 x 33
cm
$340
Having a farming background in the Derwent Valley
in Tasmania, I have ongoing concerns about the relationship between native
flora and fauna and introduced species. With the exception of possums, many
native animals and birds that were common in the area during my early life are
now seldom seen in the wild apart from becoming road kill.
In my paintings my intention is to draw attention
to the effect that changing landscape and stocking with commercial animals has
had on the original habitat. My research
involves photographing landscape and current animals and birds on the family
farm. I have also visited a wildlife sanctuary where many of the residents are
orphans or recovering from injury. Wildlife sanctuaries and zoos may become the
only places where our future children will see some of these animals and birds.
In this series of paintings I have chosen the
Tawny Frogmouth as my subject. The nocturnal frogmouths are often mistaken for
owls when in fact they belong to the nightjar family. Relatively common
throughout Australia they can still be found in bushland and on farms probably
because they are so good at camouflage. A particular trick is to roost on dead
or dry tree branches flattening themselves out, slitting their eyes and
remaining absolutely still. My ‘sitters’ for this series were residents at a
sanctuary as I have been unsuccessful in photographing frogmouths in the wild.
While creating these paintings, several people
have related personal anecdotes about “Tawnies” when they ask what I’m working
on. As a result I tend to think of them as the “Story Birds”. If you have a
tale of a Tawny I would be delighted if you could email it to me. Please
include your contact details.
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