The Forest Keeper (2020) Original Oil Painting by Yuko Montgomery

Photorealistic bird portrait of the Wreathed Hornbill in the tropical rainforest jungle.
I channel my enthusiasm for the amazing characteristics of animals by rendering them with academic oil painting techniques on canvas.

This exotic bird has a long, heavy dull-white bill with a casque of low wreathes across the base of the upper mandible. Below the beak is a colorful gular pouch, in females, the pouch is blue and in males the pouch is yellow. They are vividly colored just like the parrots or toucans.
The red sun is a symbol of life & the universe. The background is ice grey.

Materials used:

Oil

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 53 x 45.5 x 2cm (unframed) / 53 x 45.5cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Photorealistic
• Subject: Animals and birds