PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Auckland

EXHIBITED

Ray Ching Ark, Artis Gallery April 4 - 29 2007

ILLUSTRATED

p. 18 & 19 Ray Ching Ark, Artis Gallery April 4 - 29 2007

In this masterfully painted work, the artist choses a symbolic trio of subjects. The white Dove of Peace hovers above Anzac companions, the Australian Lyrebird and New Zealand's Tui.

Raymond Ching was born in Wellington, 1939. Now living in the United Kingdom he is one of the world's most acclaimed wildlife artists. His ability to depict texture from the softness of feathers, to the luminosity of water, is remarkable. Capturing the quick silver character of a bird, the delicacy of its plumage, as well as his translation of feather into paint, spotlights the very essence of the subject. These are the aspects of his work that have attracted international acclaim.