Green Woodpecker Original Acrylic " Rainbird "

Framed size 18" x 12", with non reflective glass.  The green woodpecker is the largest of all of the three woodpeckers that breed in Britain.  They eat mainly ants using their strong beak to dig into ant colonies and eat inhabitants.  Conservation status - Green.  Rainbird is its old East Anglian name. SOLD at Brett Gallery, Monks Eleigh, Suffolk.

This bird has a heavy-looking body, short tail and a strong, long bill. It is green on its upperparts with a paler belly, bright yellow rump and red on the top of its head. Read more......RSPB Green Woodpecker

The painting is on Cold Press, extra heavy, off white Crescent art board and I aim to produce the finest detail in both the subject and its natural setting.  The shade of the Daler mountboard is carefully selected depending on the painting, as is the toning of the frame itself.