Sacred Kingfisher No 6 in acrylics

 I love the tilt of this one's head.  I took the reference photo of this one  a few years back at Currumbin  Wildlife Sanctuary.

Sacred Kingfisher No 6 measures 5 x 7 inches and is painted on Colourfix Smooth Paper.

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Sacred Kingfisher No 5 in acrylics

I took the reference photo for this one at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary a few months ago.  It actually sat still for quite some time to I managed to get quite a few good reference photos of it.

Sacred Kingfisher No 5 measures 8 x 8 inches and is painted on Colourfix Smooth paper.

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Sacred Kingfisher No 4 in acrylics

After taking reference photos of a Forest Kingfisher, I carried on walking around the lake and come across this Sacred Kingfisher. I took quite a few photos and was really pleased that I got such great reference photo. I just love the tilt of it's head.

Sacred Kingfisher measures 8 x 10 inches and is painted on Colourfix Smooth Paper.

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Sacred Kingfisher No 3 in acrylics

I love how this one is perched on the branch.

Sacred Kingfisher No 3 measures 4 x 6 inches and is painted on Colourfix Smooth paper.

Many thanks to Ed Dunens for the reference photo.

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Sacred Kingfisher in acrylics

I was looking at some photos that  I took years ago at Taronga Zoo and came across this one.  Really like the way it is perched on the branch and the angle of its head so decided to paint it.

Sacred Kingfisher measures 6 x 6 inches and is painted on Colourfix Suede paper.

Sacred Kingfisher ACEO in acrylics

The other day when driving,   two birds nearly flew into my car near the one lake in my area - fortunately they swerved in time.  I managed to see their colouring out the corner of my eye and they looked like sacred kingfishers.

I didn't realise they were in my area so on Sunday I went for a walk looking for birds.  I was really lucky -  I saw a bit of blue in a tree and zoomed in (thank goodness for 50x zoom cameras)  and it was the sacred kingfisher - I was so excited to see it and managed to take a few shots. 

Fortunately the one photo was good enough to use as a reference.

Sacred Kingfishers are a medium size kingfisher found throughout the coastal areas of mainland Australia and parts of Tasmania.  They are also found on islands from Australasia to Indonesia and New Zealand.  They measure 19 - 24 cm in length and weigh on average 45 grams.


Sacred Kingfisher measures 2.5 x 3.5 inches and is painted on 300gsm smooth Arches Watercolour paper.

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