https://art.katehartwig.com.au Fri, 21 Oct 2022 22:42:50 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://art.katehartwig.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/blue-favicon-100x100.png https://art.katehartwig.com.au 32 32 https://art.katehartwig.com.au/product/hyena/ Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:56:42 +0000 https://art.katehartwig.com.au/?post_type=product&p=2109 A sketch of another iconic Monarto resident, the spotted hyena.  This study was the basis of one of the Monarto collection paintings and, again, thanks to Volunteer Margaret for sharing her photographs with me.  A gorgeous, intelligent animal, much maligned!

]]> https://art.katehartwig.com.au/product/meerkat/ Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:52:25 +0000 https://art.katehartwig.com.au/?post_type=product&p=2108 Everyone loves the meerkats at Monarto Safari Park!  They are always busy, always engaging and incredibly cute.  This charcoal sketch is a study for one of the Monarto Collection paintings and again, thanks to Volunteer Margaret for sharing the source photo with me.

]]> https://art.katehartwig.com.au/product/yellow-foot/ Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:49:43 +0000 https://art.katehartwig.com.au/?post_type=product&p=2103 Yellow Footed Rock Wallabies are an iconic native species living at Monarto and an integral part of the cross-fostering program that is helping to save the more endangered Warru.  A study for another painting in the Monarto collection this was, again, taken from a source photograph taken by Volunteer Margaret.

]]> https://art.katehartwig.com.au/product/reflections/ Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:40:54 +0000 https://art.katehartwig.com.au/?post_type=product&p=2101 I have been doing more figurative work over the last year or so and while I enjoy painting portraits, I find that charcoal speaks to me even more.  I hope it speaks to you too.

]]> https://art.katehartwig.com.au/product/boyd-with-hope/ Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:34:42 +0000 https://art.katehartwig.com.au/?post_type=product&p=2099 This charcoal sketch was a study for a larger painting sold to raise funds for Zoos SA and help bring hippos to Monarto Safari Park.  Source material from Volunteer Margaret’s wonderful photo, this sketch shows one of our senior chimpanzees, Boyd, famous for his love of blankets with baby Hope.

]]> https://art.katehartwig.com.au/product/cub/ Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:30:49 +0000 https://art.katehartwig.com.au/?post_type=product&p=2097 This charcoal sketch was a study for one of my Monarto collection paintings.  Again, the source material was provided by Volunteer Margaret and shows one of our feisty lion cubs playing hide and seek behind a tree.

]]> https://art.katehartwig.com.au/product/cheetah/ Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:26:53 +0000 https://art.katehartwig.com.au/?post_type=product&p=2096 A quick charcoal sketch of Mara, one of the gorgeous cheetahs at Monarto Safari Park. Volunteer Margaret caught this moment in one of the many photographs she has most generously shared with me and it truly captures this beautiful girl’s ‘wild side’!

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