NZ Tui
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The NZ Tui (Tu-ee), native to NZ is originally known as the parson bird because of two tufts of white feathers on its' throat. This painting has the bird sitting on a flowering flax branch. This painting has a texture finish due to the acrylic being mixed with modelling clay.
About the Artist
Paul Atkinson
I was born in Yorkshire, UK, my family immigrated to New Zealand in 1960. In 1999 I returned to my homeland for a month after 40 years absence and returned to the UK in 2005 for a working holiday for 4 years, during this time I took up watercolours for the first time after spending most of my early…
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