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Oparara Wildlife estuary

3 years ago

Left hand side, virgin forest scene, watercolour & pen 100cm x 70cm

This picture tells the story of the per-Polynesian bush around the Oparara river and some of the wildlife that lived then. The birds in this painting are the upland Moa, Saddleback, Blue duck, some Fantail's, Kakapo, Kokako, Tomtit and a flying Giant Eagle, also in the water are some whitebait, a common bully, Torrent fish, some whitebait and banded Kokopu

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3 years ago

Oparara Estuary river bed, watercolour 145cm x 35cm cutaway

This is to illustrate the common wildlife that can be found in the muds and sands of the Oparara Estuary, and also shows the way they protect themselves from low tide by burrowing.
Marine worms - Oweniid worm (filter feeder from the water) ,Catworm (predatory worm), Lugworm (mud eater/filter).
Tunneling Mud Crab, Sandhopper, Sand Shrimp, Mud Snail, Estuarine Barnacle (on Mudsnail and cockle), Cockles and Pipi.

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3 years ago

Right hand side, Regenerating bush scene, watercolour & pen 100cm x 70cm

Painted to show how life go's on and can recover after the bush has been destroyed by logging, also shows some of the diverse wildlife species that calls the Oparara Valley home
The birds in this painting are the Great Spotted Kiwi, Tui, New Zealand Robin, Weka, New Zealand Pigeon, New Zealand Falcon And Bellbird.
There is also a Forest Gecko and some Giant Carnivorous Snails hunting for native earthworms.

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3 years ago

Left hand side cave insert, watercolour & pen

Designed to go in/under the cave cut outs of the Left hand side, virgin forest scene to help with a 3D effect. shows the underground river system of the Oparara Cave's.

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3 years ago

Oparara Estuary Wildlife, watercolour & pen 145cm x 55cm

Painted to show the wildlife that can be seen on the estuary at various times of the year.
Fish- Yellow Eye Mullet (Herring), Eel (long and short-finned), Sand Flounder ,a Giant Kokopu and Inaga.
Birds- Little Shag, White-faced Heron,Cattle Egret, Oystercatcher (variable & pied) ,Bar-tailed Godwit, Caspian Tern, Pied Stilt, Royal Spoonbill and Gulls (black-billed & black-backed)

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3 years ago

Right hand side cave insert, watercolour & pen

Designed to go in/under the cave cut outs of the right hand side regenerating bush scene to help with a 3D effect. shows the underground river system of the Oparara Cave's. in this image I have added a Koura (freshwater crayfish), Glow worms, an Upland Moa skeleton, Kiwi skull, and a Haast's eagle skeleton, all of which I saw when I went on the Oparara cave tour.

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3 years ago

Finished panel at the Oparara estuary picnic ground.

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3 years ago

Map of the Oparara river

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3 years ago

Finished panel

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