Renowned SA Artist Jill Adams (1932-2016) European Bee-Eater Original Coloured Pencil Drawing

INVESTMENT ART !! STUNNING RENOWNED SA ARTIST JILL ADAMS (1932 - 2016) ORIGINAL HIGHLY DETAILED COLOURED PENCIL DRAWING. TITLED EUROPEAN BEE-EATER AND SIGNED JIL ADAMS IN PENCIL. MOST OF HER ORIGINAL DRAWINGS ARE IN THE MCGREGOR MUSEUM IN KIMBERLEY - IT IS RARE TO SEE HER ORIGINAL ARTWORK TO COME UP ON AUCTION!
 
THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN HER ARTWORK IS PHENOMENAL - IT IS SO WELL DONE IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A PHOTOGRAPH. The European bee-eater is a delight for birdwatchers from across the globe and Jil Adams portrayal is spot on. From its unmistakable long billed with a bright yellow throat, gemstone-blue belly, and flame-colored back.
THE FINAL TOUCHES OF DETAIL LIE IN THE STRIKING RED EYES THAT SEEM ALIVE AND THE SHORT ACASIA HOOK THORNS THAT POINTS IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
 
BEAUTIFULY FRAMED WITH GLASS IN FRONT. NOTE I HAVE 3 COLOURED BIRD DRAWINGS BY JILL ADAMS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK.
 
MARKINGS:
IN PENCIL EUROPEAN BEE EATER AND JIL ADAMS
 
SIZE:
FRAME: 50CM WIDE 60CM HIGH
PAINTING: 30CM WIDE 40CM HIGH

CONDITION: FRAME AND ARTWORK IN GOOD CONDITION. WITH GLASS IN FRONT AND HANGING CORD AT BACK.
 
JILL ADAMS (1932-2016):
Jill Adams is a South African artist who has specialised in natural history illustrations. She was born in Durban in 1932, but lived for part of her life in Kimberley, where, on the staff of the McGregor Museum (1974-1983), she published her illustrated Flowering Plants of the Northern Cape (1976). She achieved public renown for her paintings of Aloes.
She subsequently collaborated with ornithologist Richard Liversidge making their book, The birds around us: birds of the Southern African region (1990). The illustrations produced for The birds around us have been described as "the product of her outstanding draughtsmanship, coupled with a keen sense of observation and knowledge of the "natural pose" of birds." In order to keep the collection in the Northern Cape most of the original paintings were purchased by the Gant family and donated to the McGregor Museum in 1991. Jill Adams lived in Somerset West until her death in 2016.
 
EUROPEAN BEE-EATERS:
The European bee-eater is a spectacularly colorful and unmistakable long-billed insect-eater with a bright yellow throat, gemstone-blue belly, and flame-colored back. Found in open and semiopen country, mainly in drier areas; nests colonially in burrows dug into sand banks, often river banks.It breeds in southern and central Europe, northern and southern Africa, and western Asia. Except for the resident southern African population, the species is strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa. European bee-eaters are monogamous birds. Pairs remain together throughout their lifespan. They can live up to six years.
 
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