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ALLPRESS :: MOIR Birds Revisited

Today Mali Moir’s most recent magical works arrived.
I’m doing this quick post, including a brief showcase of our working history and friendship over the years.

Image references from Jamie’s book of birds. ‘Birds. The Art of Ornithology’

Watercolour on 100% Arches cotton paper.
~50 x 63cm rough cut ‘deckle’ edges.

1/ Grey heron. Ardea cinerea. After William MacGillivray 1835.
This is one of the most noticeable of all big waterside birds in Britain. ‘… go where you will, in summer or in winter, to the shores of the sea or the far inland lake … you may here and there find a solitary heron.’
A migratory bird of wetland areas, it is native throughout temperate Europe, Asia and parts of Africa.
Associated with the sun, creation, and rebirth, was depicted as a heron in New Kingdom artwork.

2/ Scarlet Ibis. Eudocimus ruber.
After John James Audubon 1837.

Native to mangrove swamps, muddy estuaries and other wetland habitats in northern South America and the Caribbean islands. ‘Here they are a beautiful site, especially when flying to and from their roosts in glowing red flocks’.

A national bird of Trinidad and Tobago also called ‘guara’. Very closely related to the American white ibis.

3/ ‘Chandelier D’or’ watercolour on paper 2019 Mali Moir

73 x 79cm

Brachychiton bidwillii
(scientific plant name)

Zoom in on her perfect details.

An exceptional watercolour by Mali Moir.
In my opinion one of Australia’s most exceptional versatile artists. From botanicals to charcoals to portraits in any medium.

Unusual late 19th century lithograph dedicated to the palm family.

Finished by hand in watercolour.
Licuala & Calamus
50cm x 34cm unframed.

Two framed Elizabeth Blackwell botanicals 1730 with a Hendrick Drakestein 1686 resting below.

Other than the three Mali Moir’s in the first photos, every other is created by Mali. I’ve had the pleasure selling the majority.

I’ll be posting other birds Mali will be paining soon. You may like to see ahead and choose.

Unusual late 19th century lithographs dedicated to the palm family.

Finished by hand in watercolour.
Licuala & Calamus
50cm x 34cm unframed.
I love the way the chandeliers reflect on the perspex, also when unframed.
Framed 73 x 63cm & 75 x 68cm
Framed by Vicki Hutchins,
Rose Street Framing.
DM me for pricing.
Above a rare 19th century French green chinoiserie display cabinet of narrow proportions.
A large 19th century English Moore Jardiniere with bold floral adornings.
A collection of 19th century Masons Ironstone and various other jugs of the same period.

Fifteen early 20th century Japanese water coloured woodblock prints.

Tanigami Konan
The work celebrates the seasons so there is a wide variety of both native Japanese plants and many from the Western World.
Seiyo Soda Tofu (Pictorial Book of Western Flowers) 1917
A fine example of traditional woodblock printing in watercolour finished by hand.
37x27cm

‘Chandelier D’or’ watercolour on paper 2019 Mali Moir

73 x 79cm

Brachychiton bidwillii
(scientific plant name)

Zoom in on her perfect details.

An exceptional watercolour by Mali Moir.
In my opinion one of Australia’s most exceptional versatile artists. From botanicals to charcoals to portraits in any medium.
It’s always wonderful working with and selling for her

Mali Moir – Epaulette shark

Mali Moir – Epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum)

Watercolour on 100% Cotton

1225 cm x 55 cm

$3900

The Epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) is a species of longtailed carpet shark, family Hemiscylliidae, found in shallow, tropical waters off Australia and New Guinea (and possibly elsewhere). The common name of this shark comes from the very large, white-margined black spot behind each pectoral fin, which are reminiscent of military epaulettes. A small species usually under 1 m (3.3 ft) long, the epaulette shark has a slender body with a short head and broad, paddle-shaped paired fins. The caudal peduncle (to which the tail fin is attached) comprises over half the shark’s length. Adults are light brown above, with scattered darker spots and indistinct saddles.

Mali Moir – Marine

Mali Moir began her career as botanical artist in 1993 at the National Herbarium of Victoria. Combining botanical and horticultural knowledge with artistic skills Mali has contributed pen and ink drawings for Flora of Victoria, Flora of Australia, Mulleria and other scientific publications. By working closely with botanists, Mali has gained an understanding of the importance of scientific accuracy, the fundamentals of precise measurement and thorough depiction of detail. She teaches botanical illustration in association with the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, at private art groups and conducts workshops in Victoria, interstate and overseas.

Mali was awarded a Gold Medal by The Royal Horticultural Society London and an invited exhibitor to the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation USA. She is recipient of an inaugural Celia Rosser Medal and twice finalist in the Waterhouse Art Prize. Mali was the first Australian to receive the Focus On Nature Purchase Award by New York State Museum USA. She exhibits widely in Australia and internationally and has produced many works for private, public and corporate collections.

Mali has great interest working in the area of conservation and was proud to donate a painting for the charity auction ‘Name a New Species of Shrimp’ held by Australian Marine Conservation Society in association with Museum Victoria, Mali also contributes to ‘Art for Sharks’ with AMCS.

Mali has a keen interest for artistic interpretation of natural history themes in the Accurate Realism style, approaching her work with traditional techniques whilst developing a fresh contemporary look. Mali executes works on paper with the consummate skill of a dedicated artist as she combines her fascination for science and nature with an active desire to render works of art with beauty, character and scientific merit.

Mali abides with her sincere belief that “artists make science visible”.

Mali Moir – Mr Trout 2 – 2006

Common Name: Brown Trout

Scientific Name: Salmo Tratta

Waterbased mixed media on Fabriano 100% cotton paper

Signed ‘Personal Collection”

2006

30 cm x 69 cm

70 cm x 103 cm (framed)

$3,800

Note: My reference material was taken from a live fish sourced from a trout farm in regional Victoria. This painting incorporates a special paint technique I developed to produce a reflective shine on the scales of the fish. This effect is not captured in prints nor is it visible on the screen.

Mali Moir – Lotus Australian native – 2009

Common name: Lotus Australian native

Scientific name: Nelumbo nucifera

Water colour on Lana 100% cotton paper.

85 cm x 61 cm (unframed)

129 cm x 99 cm (framed)

$8,900

Note: This subject is painted life size from samples grown by Blue Lotus Nursery Vic.

A rare suite of early 19th Century Regency period watercolours of Indian birds – AA1830

Nineteen exquisite ornithological subjects, painted by a visitor to the sub-continent in the 1820’s. The representations are anatomically correct and accurate in scale, yet all of these finely executed watercolours – by an unknown but clearly gifted artist – manage to display strong individual character, painstakingly cut as silhouettes and laid down on eleven contemporary folio album pages (510 x 290 mm each) in the style of decoupage, all but three of the specimens with an accompanying contemporary manuscript label cut and pasted onto the page beside it, all the illustrations in an excellent state of preservation, the colours still vibrant, the paper stable, some residual tape marks to corners and margins of the sheets which do not detract, one of the captions identifying a location (Bellary, in Karnataka, southwest India) and a date (January 1828).

The manuscript labels read as follows:

Black-headed Oriole Mango bird. Lark. Alanda sp. The birds appear in October in immense flocks and depart in March – often mistaken for Ortolans.Plover. Water Wagtail. Eagle. Shot at Bellany Jan 1828. Breadth from Wing to Wing 6 feet. Half size. Falco Sp. Chysactos. Spur Foul: Tetrao sp. Partridge. Short tail Tern. Water Wagtail. Bansputtah or Bamboo Frequenter. Common Florican. Stone Chat. Malacilla Rubicola. Three-toed Quail (male and female). Golden Oriole. Female. Golden Oriole. Male. Grey Shrike. Female. Lanius Sinerius.

Framed by Vicki Hutchins.