Lot Essay
The magnificent blue Haycinth Macaw is the largest of the endangered parrots, found in the Pantanal, Brazil.
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Having studied at St. Alban's College of Art, in 1979 and 1980 won gold medals at the Wildlife Artist International Exhibitions in Phoenix, Arizona and in 1980 was England's representative artist at the World Wilderness Congress in Johannesburg. She has travelled extensively in South America to study the exotic and endangered species of birds and mammals of the tropics in their natural habitat.
Kim Brooks (British, b. 1936)
Jewels of the Pantanal
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Kim Brooks (British, b. 1936)
Jewels of the Pantanal
signed and dated 'Kim Brooks 2006' (lower left), signed, inscribed and dated '"JEWELS of the PANTANAL" - (Hyacinth Macaw)/Kim Brooks Sept. 06. As seen and studied./in the Pantanal, BRAZIL' (on the reverse)
oil on unlined canvas
36 x 50 in. (91.5 x 127 cm.)
Jewels of the Pantanal
signed and dated 'Kim Brooks 2006' (lower left), signed, inscribed and dated '"JEWELS of the PANTANAL" - (Hyacinth Macaw)/Kim Brooks Sept. 06. As seen and studied./in the Pantanal, BRAZIL' (on the reverse)
oil on unlined canvas
36 x 50 in. (91.5 x 127 cm.)