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AneurysmGuy In reply to QueenslandChris [2018-05-23 07:32:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I did a quick search and he did paint birds, and I thought that Max Ernst was the only one who's fixated with birds. Our magpies wear them, gives them project agains the cold. 

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QueenslandChris In reply to AneurysmGuy [2018-05-23 12:01:34 +0000 UTC]

I've heard of your infamous magpies! Ours are an entirely different sort, the younger blokes have switched  to Boonies...all the rain I suppose. Sydney Long did several paintings with magpies.

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AneurysmGuy In reply to QueenslandChris [2018-05-25 16:51:07 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes, I did google them and they look a lot different. Hmm, we are talking about birds here, because I did a quick search about Boonies and I did come up with some sort of hat? Magpies are clever but that's too much even to them. Here we have Ferdinand von Wright's The Fighting Capercaillies which is famous bird painting, there's some many prints etc that it's almost a cliche now. I'll try to remember Sydney Long, if I'll find a cheap book about his works I'll buy it.

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QueenslandChris In reply to AneurysmGuy [2018-05-25 18:57:06 +0000 UTC]

Technically I've never actually seen one wearing a hat. So you're probably right. Our magpies are an entirely different lot than the European models. I think your guys are related to crows. Ours get crazy during nesting season and they put up signs warning you to avoid them. Boonie is just a cloth hat.

I Googled old Ferdinand and his Capercailles...personally I prefer Akseli Gallen-Kallela,...more of an Impressionist feel to his work.

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AneurysmGuy In reply to Irtimidd [2018-05-21 17:50:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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