Margot McMahon
Rose Ringed Green Parrot (2024)
Technique Mixte Oil on Canvas
18” X 10”
$1,750
Hawaii’s Indigenous Endangered Birds
During a family vacation to Oahu in 2021, McMahon sketched endangered birds indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands. Returning to her studio, McMahon painted the birds through her Technique Mixte process. When the fires broke out in Maui in 2023, her painted birds took on special meaning as symbolic indicators of our earth’s fragile ecosystems. Her series of endangered indigenous birds brings awareness to the human and environmental factors that threaten avian populations in the Hawaiian Islands.
The Rose Ringed Green Parrot was released in Kauai in the 1960s. With no natural predators and plenty of food their population has exploded in the islands causing damage to agriculture, disrupting ecosystems, and as a nuisance to visitors and residents.
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