Paradise occidentalis
Artist
Justin Gibbens
MediumWatercolor, ink, gouache, tea on paper
Dimensions40 x 26 in. (101.6 x 66 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineSeattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
Paradise occidentalis is a watercolor drawing from his Birds of Paradise series where Gibbens merges John James Audubon's avian imagery with the aquatic creatures of the 19th Century German Naturalist Ernst Haeckel. The title of the piece is a tip of the hat to the scientific name of the spotted owl, a regional favorite in the Pacific Northwest. –Artist statement
