Fiona Smith Baba of the Skoura Oasis, North African Ostrich
Artwork Details
2025
Oil on canvas, framed in Blackwood
90 x 60cm
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From the Artist...
Baba means "father", which is appropriate for this ostrich taking care of his brood. The North African ostrich is the largest living subspecies of the common ostrich, growing up to about 2.7–2.74 m (9 ft) tall and weighing up to around 154 kg (340 lb).
The background is taken from a part of the El Dorado scenic wallpaper, designed by Eugène Ehrmann, Georges Zipélius and Joseph Fuchs for Zuber. It also includes a scene from my visit to the Skoura Oasis in Morocco.
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Fiona Smith
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Fiona Smith paints birds. She was raised on the fringes of a national park in Sydney, where the wildlife was far more plentiful than willing human playmates. With no urban playgrounds nearby, her childhood centred around forging friendships with the feathered and furred creatures that strayed onto her parents’ property, set on McCarrs Creek in Sydney’s Northern Beach...
