Handmade oil-based lino print on Shirakaba paper
Dimensions: 210 × 297mm (A4)
Paper weight: 100gsm
Edition of 10 prints
The ring-necked parakeet has many legends surrounding how it arrived in London. People say that they escaped a film set, others that Jimi Hendrix owned a pair and released them on Carnaby Street. However they got here, they’ve flourished in London and spread to other UK cities to grace us with their vibrant flashes of green.
They’re originally from Northern India and Pakistan. They join the many other Brits of South Asian descent in London who live in the capital and across the UK. Despite their increasing numbers, they’ve been known not to cause a decline in biodiversity, although some have called for culls because of accusations they impact the habitat of other species of birds. The ring-necked parakeet can be seen as the poster bird of multiculturalism in Britain and a celebration of it’s diversity.
My print captures the colourful parakeet amongst a trees blossoms through 14 different layers of colour. Parakeets like to create their nests in tree hollows. They’re renowned for their loud squawks that some find shrill and annoying. I’m personally a fan of their brashness. Squawk away Parakeets. Keep on being your brilliant selves!
Additional information:
These prints are all handmade, so they will differ slightly in appearance to the images shown here. All of the background colours of the blossoms in these prints will vary slightly due to the way in which I’ve applied the ink in a painterly fashion. I like to think that add to part of the charm of the editions!
The colours may differ slightly from your monitor.
All prints are sold unframed.
Designed and made in the UK, Lewis Toumazou © The artist retains the copyright.
Handmade oil-based lino print on Shirakaba paper
Dimensions: 210 × 297mm (A4)
Paper weight: 100gsm
Edition of 10 prints
The ring-necked parakeet has many legends surrounding how it arrived in London. People say that they escaped a film set, others that Jimi Hendrix owned a pair and released them on Carnaby Street. However they got here, they’ve flourished in London and spread to other UK cities to grace us with their vibrant flashes of green.
They’re originally from Northern India and Pakistan. They join the many other Brits of South Asian descent in London who live in the capital and across the UK. Despite their increasing numbers, they’ve been known not to cause a decline in biodiversity, although some have called for culls because of accusations they impact the habitat of other species of birds. The ring-necked parakeet can be seen as the poster bird of multiculturalism in Britain and a celebration of it’s diversity.
My print captures the colourful parakeet amongst a trees blossoms through 14 different layers of colour. Parakeets like to create their nests in tree hollows. They’re renowned for their loud squawks that some find shrill and annoying. I’m personally a fan of their brashness. Squawk away Parakeets. Keep on being your brilliant selves!
Additional information:
These prints are all handmade, so they will differ slightly in appearance to the images shown here. All of the background colours of the blossoms in these prints will vary slightly due to the way in which I’ve applied the ink in a painterly fashion. I like to think that add to part of the charm of the editions!
The colours may differ slightly from your monitor.
All prints are sold unframed.
Designed and made in the UK, Lewis Toumazou © The artist retains the copyright.
