Sylvie Gerozisis - Birds of Tasmania - Oil Painting Art Print - The Tasmanian Native Hen
$110.00
The Tasmanian Native Hen
'Birds of Tasmania' Fine Art Print
Artwork by Sylvie Gerozisis
Pigment ink print on 100% Cotton Rag archival paper
Open Edition Print
30 x 24cm
To suit 11 x 14" Frame
The Tasmanian Native Hen (Tribonyx mortierii), is a medium sized and flightless bird endemic to Tasmania.
When alarmed, these hens can run at speeds of up to 50km/h, hence their popular name of ‘Turbo Chook’. Moreover they make high pitched and distinctive screeching sounds when perturbed, and this can often happen during the night.
The pattern at the lower edge of this painting is a stylised representation of the grit and gravel in the earth that they, (as do other birds) ingest in order to be able to digest their food. It also emphasises that this bird is flightless and thus bound to the earth.
Copyright Sylvie Gerozisis
