Well, I think we are having an early summer in Queensland, Australia as the temperatures have been reaching 30 degrees centigrade already and it is hot and sticky. Whilst this can be uncomfortable for us humans, the hot summer weather brings about gorgeous summer guests such as butterflies, hoverflies, dragonflies, cicadas and a whole lot [...]
WWF now has a screensaver that demonstrates a powerful message that we can all help stop global warming and the effects can be seen in some of the most beautiful places in the world.
Be sure to download the screensaver here - wwf.org.au/act/takeaction/screensaver.
Here is what Neil and Darren had to say on why the created the [...]
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Patrick Christie was born in 1968 in Narrandera, a small rural town in the Riverina region of NSW. At an early age, his parents and school teachers became aware of his artistic aptitude and at the age of ten he was enrolled in a weekly art class at the local TAFE where he worked mostly [...]
Enter the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation’s annual art competition and help save wildlife
Open to all amateur and professional artists aged 17 and over
Fee 20 British Pounds
Closing Date: 30 January 2009
Overall Winner of “Wildlife Artist of the Year 2008″
Category: Endangered Wildlife “The Hope of Sepilok” by Richard Childs (British)
Last Year’s winners and entries can be seen here
There [...]
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I have recently launched a brand new site which is exclusively designed for wildlife artisans worldwide who strive to produce high quality artworks of flora and fauna. The site is totally free and you can visit it at International Nature Niche and upon membership you will have access to:
your own gallery with slideshow
blog
RSS feeds
e-mail
facility to import photos [...]
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I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this fellow munching the seed bell at 6am this morning and he is probably the most striking bird I have ever seen in my garden. It’s my first sighting ever of an Australian King-Parrot and they really are impressive with the flash of scarlet and vivid emerald [...]
I have been using this wonderful addition to Facebook recently, called Scrapplet which has just been developed and launched by Steve Repetti.
I have always found Facebook to be a bit limiting in terms of creating and displaying photos, music, notes etc in a personal and artistic way. Everything seemed so isolated. That was until I discovered Scrapplet which [...]
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I have been filming some of the birds in my garden recently and have been using my old four megapixels camera so the quality is not wonderful. To make up for this, I think that you will find this clip of an amorous male rainbow lorikeet “hiliarious” as he “struts his stuff” trying to impress the [...]
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I did something that I’ve never done before as an artist and that was to set up a stall. I was one of several artists whose work was on display for sale at the very first Wildlife Festival held at the Beaudesert Information and Arts Centre. Prior to the Festival I had been busy preparing [...]
Due to the spring weather that is now upon us in Queensland, Australia, I have noticed a lot more insects fluttering and buzzing around plus all the spring blooms which are bursting with vitality, colour and fragrances in my garden. The flowering Jasmine for instance has the most beautiful smell and it’s just a shame [...]
