By John O'Driscoll This is a large triptych - the central panel is 1.5x1.5m and the 2 wings each 0.75x1.5m in size Seeing the park without people during the lockdowns I remembered Chaucer's long poem the Parlement of Fowles where his quester after knowledge dreams of coming upon such a Congress of birds in a grove where he listens for some to to the argument and speech of birds - though after waking can't make much of it . More images from its creation are here I'd still like to add a few more of the birds from around Sydney, as well as fixing and touching up the painting of some as well ============== Return to the Good Art Catalogue
By John O'Driscoll Regrowth a few months after the 2019-20 fires which burnt over everything in this view, a lockout not far from Blackheath in Blue Mountains. I went out there a couple of times (thanks to Peter Urquhart for putting me up and getting me out there and back with my canvas and paints Here is the post on my blog from when I finished painting this ============== Return to the Good Art Catalogue
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