The Thin White Line

Watercolour on board (Sold)

90 cm W x 71 cm H
I used to own a studio out of town and driving there one day I found a freshly killed beautiful Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) that appeared to have been just hit by a vehicle that passed through a few minutes before me. There wasn’t a mark on the body, and as it was just too lovely to discard, I decided to take it to my studio and immortalise it in an artwork. The background is both the road with it’s white dividing line and heaven to which the bird is ascending. Hence the title which also implies the fragile line between life and death.