A recent drawing to be shown in Gallery Pangolin’s Christmas exhibition; 18th November – 15th December 2017
The plumages of birds are always beautiful but why have their patterns and colours evolved in such spectacular ways? Mostly it would seem, it is all about impressing a potential mate. We have some undeniably beautiful birds in this part of the world but in dark interiors of the tropical forests many species seem to have been forced to up the ante to quite some considerable degree in order to make themselves desirable. The bird in this drawing I’m afraid has evolved on the paper from the dark interior of my head but in essence, I would suggest is not far away from closely related species in reality.