Bill Hammond, 'Untitled', 1987 - Print - wholesale Science and Nature acknowledging their origins in the

acknowledging their origins in the Regionalist movement paintings of the mid 20th century and the influence of artists such as Rita Angus

Small Limited Edition Print 355 x 280mm by Rochelle Andrews (unframed)

and critic whose contribution to art in New Zealand is immense

urban bird communities

Print size: 630 x 500mm including 8mm border

Bill Hammond, 'Untitled', 1987 - Print - wholesale Science and Nature acknowledging their origins in theBill Hammond (born 1947) studied art in Christchurch in the 1960s. He became a full time painter in 1981. In 1989 Hammonds work changed radically after a trip to the subantarctic Auckland Islands, where he encountered what he described as a paradise for birds. He learned about the nineteenth century trade in native birds that had decimated so many species. In his new paintings, hybrid bird human figures became a metaphor for all threatened creatures.