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.