Today I went for the usual walk up my local mountain. It was a gorgeous sunny day, very few clouds in the sky and a lovely cooling breeze. Enjoying the view as I walked clockwise, around the road, a sudden movement in the tree tops to my left caught my attention. I looked up and was fortunate to see a kereru perching high up in a eucalyptus tree. It mate then fluttered up next to it. They were as well-fed as the ones I had depicted within my painting. Surprisingly wood pigeons can be very fluid, graceful fliers. Two days ago I witnessed one fly vertically above the very same tree. It then stalled, and in a perfect, parabolic arc dived back down, out of view. Just beautiful.
Three times in two weeks. It is weird, am I noticing birds more since I have been painting them? Maybe they have recently moved into the neighbourhood.
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About Me
- ella thomas
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Ella Thomas is a contemporary artist who lives in Auckland, Aotearoa. She is of Ngapuhi descent and has a passion for the beauty of the whenua (land), the sea and for the unique flora and fauna of New Zealand. The concepts that are explored within Ella's work are based upon notions of conservation, ecological balance and extinction. Her paintings often feature nostalgic patterns reminiscent of the mid to late 1800's, the era when European colonization occurred. It was during this time that many unique species of birds became extinct. The rarer a bird became, the more prized a specimen of it became. Alive or dead. Much of Ella's paintings are celebrations of the unique character of our surviving taonga (treasures). Ella has a Bachelor of Visual Arts and has been working within arts related industries for many years. She has paintings in collections nationwide, Australia, England and the USA. Finally the plunge has been taken and Ella has committed herself to fulfilling a dream, that of becoming a full-time artist.
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