Tea-tottering Superb Wrens

This little loved up wren couple decided to hang out on this stack of turquoise tea cups. How romantic. This was in my exhibition at Huntington Music Festival. Tea-tottering Superb Wrens 2018 Watercolour on handmade 100% cotton rag paper Paper size 45cm x 31cm Private Collection

Ring a Rosie (Eastern Rosella) 2018

I was so excited to find this beautiful French handmade round paper, but what to do with it? Well, a teacup ring of course, and with an eastern rosella in it. This was the poster bird of the Huntington Estate Art Exhibition… Available as a limited edition fine art print through my online shop Ring […]

Tea-tering 2018

We all know that Willy wagtails find it difficult to stand still, so I can imagine the chink of these teacup stacks as they teeter against each other… Tea-tering 2018 Watercolour on Handmade 100% Cotton Paper Paper size 62cm x 46cm Private Collection

Such Galahs! 2018

I feel a galah’s aim in life to have as much fun as they possibly can… and what could be more fun that dangling precariously off some finely detailed Liberty print bunting. Such Galahs! 2018 Watercolour on Handmade 100% Cotton Paper Paper size 56cm x 80cm Private Collection

Tug of War 2018

I love watching our wild magpie babies playing in the yard. They especially like to unravel things and would often see siblings playing tug of war. In my Garden Party, it is a tug of war with Liberty print bunting. Tug of War 2018 Watercolour on Handmade 100% Cotton Paper Paper size 56cm x 80cm Available through Milk […]

Seeing Eye to Eye 2018

The only bird who seems to have more fun than galahs is the short billed corella, again, causing chaos from some Liberty print fabric bunting. They travel in large flocks causing chaos wherever they went. Seeing Eye to Eye Watercolour on Handmade 100% Cotton Paper Paper size 56cm x 80cm Private Collection

A Bunting We Will Go 2018

Often perched along power lines, kookaburras use their keen eyesight to look out for the tiniest of movements far below which may indicate some tasty morsel waiting for them. They then swoop down and grab their treat as a reward for their patience and diligence. A Bunting We Will Go Watercolour on Handmade 100% Cotton Paper Paper size 62cm […]

Ant-icipation of Echidnas 2018

This is not the collective noun for echidnas, but I think it should be! This bright little fellow is using that lamington to lure the local sugar ants to his picnic… again, not entirely sure for what purpose… the tea set is Aynsley St Clair. Also known as the Anti (or Anty) Picnic… sorry not sorry… Ant-icipation of […]

Wisdom of Wombats 2018

The collective noun for wombats is a ‘wisdom’ of wombats. Painted in the depths of winter, this is what I felt like doing and I realised that this is exactly what the local wombats were doing… but maybe without the quilt layer… the fabrics are a mix of Liberty and some of my own stash. Wisdom of […]

Passionfruit Cheesecake 2018

This beautiful barn owl is using a passionfruit cheesecake to attract this antechinus, a type of marsupial mouse, for what purpose I am not entirely sure… the tea set is Staffordshire Ellesmere Passionfruit Cheesecake Watercolour on Handmade 100% Cotton Paper Paper size 62cm x 46cm Private Collection

Vanilla Slice 2018

I don’t know why, but when I see a juvenile brown goshawk I just think their striped pantaloons look like the decoration on a fancy vanilla slice, and vice versa or should that be Versace…. as that is a Versace Ikarus Vanity Tea Set that that vanilla slice is sitting on… of course! Not so scary now! Originally […]

King of the Castle 2018

I was contacted by a lovely lady who had seen my Tower Bower in the Country Style magazine while waiting in a doctors surgery. She wanted wrens on teacups which would sit on her turquoise feature wall. I loved the challenge of finding the right teacups in a complimentary colour to go with the bright […]