Australian artist
Frances McMahon
watercolour
Born in January 1965, Australian artist Frances McMahon has
had an avid passion in illustrating Australia’s beautiful native birds since
the age of five. Her talent was apparent at an early age, accepting her
first commission when she was
around fourteen, to renowned
artist Paul Ashton Delprat, now
principal of the Julian Ashton Art
School.
Her original paintings
now hang in private collections
in New York, Minnesota, Ontario,
Canada and her home country of
Australia.
Developed
over
many years, her self-taught
technique consists of airbrushed
backgrounds (liquid acrylic),
with the main work completed
in watercolour and transparently
applied gouache.
Using a minute brush, each painting may take between 30 and
230 hours to complete. Some details are so fine they may only be seen
with a magnifying glass.
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