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  1. Johann Baptist von Spix portrait

    Johann Baptist von Spix portrait

    You may will ask your self what has a human portrait to do in this gallery?The man depicted here is the biologist Johann Baptist von Spix holding the first ever collected juvenile Spix macaw , a species discovered by him in Brazil in 1819 and has been named after him. This stuffed bird still...
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  2. Spix Macaw

    Spix Macaw

    A watecolour I did last year , illustrating the extinct in nature Spix macaw(still exists in captivity), as a contribution to a (forthcoming) book about endangered animals.I decided to keep the background monochromatic , aimimg to focus on the main subject, the colourful birds. Check out the...
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  3. Spix Macaws

    Spix Macaws

    It been awhile but as well as getting ready for an exhibition at Slimbridge at the end of the year I have been painting Parrots to help raise funds with the World parrot trust for conservation work. These Spixs and the habitat were helped by the Brazilian photographer who photographed the last...
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