“Meet the neighbours- The plague doctor”
Oil on cradled wooden panel
40cm round
SOLD
The Ibis gets a bad wrap, often called “bin chickens” because they scavenge in human refuse. These wetland birds have changed their habitat and diet to survive the loss of their wild homes.
The doctors during the Black Plague wore a black mask with a long beak nose to hide herbs and flowers in to repel the smell of death. These doctors would have looked a lot like our ibis, this bird that picks through rubbish.
On our plague doctors beak are 3 green tree frogs and a near threatened tusked frog.
Frogs are so sensitive to impurities in their environment that many are facing decreases in their numbers due to pollution. Attracting frogs to your garden with ponds and frog motels is the newest trend, which is a great idea
Close up detail of green tree frogs.
This work is painted over the edge and has a wire at the back to hang.
Feathers on the ibis.