Dream with Fairy Wren
A new collection of watercolour and ink paintings on paper. This series is a celebration of the unique, native, endangered, and beautiful natural elements found here on our humble Tasmania Island.
These pieces focus on the little details we might often overlook, inviting us to take a closer look and perhaps appreciate them a little more.
Dream with Fairy Wren: Celebrating the petite, beautiful vibrant fairy wren in Tasmania.
The Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) is the only Fairy-wren species found in Tasmania. Adult males are known for their vibrant blue plumage, while females and young birds are typically brown.
Family Life:
Fairy-wrens live in family groups consisting of a breeding pair and younger males and females who help with feeding and protecting the young. This cooperative breeding behavior allows the breeding pair to raise up to three broods in a season.
Courtship Displays:
During the breeding season, males engage in elaborate courtship rituals, including bringing flower petals to potential mates. Some males even perform "sea horse flights," where they tilt their bodies and descend slowly, then spring upward with rapid wingbeats.
Flitting and Foraging:
Fairy-wrens are active birds, flitting among native grasses, shrubs, and trees, often in small social groups. They are primarily insectivores, foraging for insects and small arthropods in the undergrowth and leaf litter.
Nest Building:
The female fairy-wren is responsible for building the nest, a dome-shaped structure made of grasses and other fine materials, usually in a low bush. The female incubates the eggs, while both sexes, along with other family members, help feed the young.
Plumage Changes:
Male fairy-wrens undergo dramatic changes in plumage during the breeding season, transitioning from dull brown to bright blue, purple, or black. They may also have blue or brown eye rings, depending on their age and the stage of their molt.
Not Always Faithful:
While socially monogamous, with pairs bonding for life, both males and females may mate with other individuals outside the group, leading to a significant number of young being sired by males not in the social group.
Dream with Fairy Wren
Medium: Watercolour and ink on artisan handmade 100% cotton watercolour paper.
Size: 21 x 29.7cm
Original piece (art only): $350
Original piece (with acrylic frame): $480
Giclée Reproduction (on artisan cotton paper):
Size A4: $45
Size A3: $90
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