KADuffy Art - Artist Gallery

Kristy-Ann Duffy - Artist Gallery

A Selection of recent works

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Let's Go Fly a Kite

A master of the skies with a taste for small mammals, the black-shouldered kite hovers facing into the wind with its head completely still so it can peer intently down with those big red eyes to spot prey in open heath or grassland. The dark feathers around the eyes act like sunglasses cutting down the glare ‘all the better to see you with' in bright conditions. Such is their mastery of hovering, that despite the frenzy of wing action, they can maintain stable hover and a still head, even in a strong breeze.

Acrylic, 70 x 70 cm, Floating Frame (silver and black)

Exhibiting at "On the Wildside" Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre (31 July - 7 Sept)

The Emu's Siblings

Young Magpies on Emu Mountain

Perched on rocky ground atop Emu Mountain, two young magpies share a quiet moment. The elder stands watchful, protective of its sibling as they navigate a landscape still bearing the scars of bush fire. Amongst regrowth and resilience, their bond speaks of care, survival, and the strength found in family.

Acrylic, 30 x 38 cm, floating timber frame (walnut)

Please Dad, I Dropped Mine

After watching his father successfully break off a banksia, this young yellow-tailed black cockatoo, worked hard to break off his own banksia nut. Hanging upside down, this way and that, and when he finally managed to cut through the thick stem with his beak, the nut dropped straight to the ground. It just didn’t seem fair. So, he returned to his father’s branch to beg for a share. Meanwhile, mum was tucked down in the middle of the coastal banksia enjoying her feed. It’s tough love, but he needs to learn.

Acrylic, 81 x 106 cm, stepped floating timber frame (mocha)

(Currently Exhibited at All Creatures and Wild Things - RQAS Petrie Terrace Gallery)

Third Place in "All Creatures and Wild Things" RQAS Exhibition 2025

The Rainbow's Painted Gift for his Lady

Rainbow Bee-Eater and Australian Painted Lady Butterfly

The magic of nature’s courtship. A stunning rainbow bee-eater presents a beautifully painted gift to his partner: a freshly caught Australian Painted Lady butterfly. The vibrant colours and intricate details bring this intimate moment to life, celebrating the beauty of love in the wild.

Acrylic, 44 x 34 cm, floating timber frame (natural)

(Studio Price $1,650)

The Black Queen's Apogee

This painting celebrates the triumphant joy of a female yellow-tailed black cockatoo feasting on a banksia nut at the top of a coastal banksia tree, symbolizing strength, success, bliss, and nature's beauty.

Acrylic, 31 x 39 cm, black floating frame

(Studio Price $1,450)

Winter Refraction, A Bluejay’s Illusion

The blue Jay’s brilliant colour is caused by light scattered through its feathers, a natural illusion. Perched in a snowy landscape, it glows against winter’s quiet beauty, a reminder that even in the coldest months, nature’s wonders shine.

Acrylic, 24 x 29 cm, black & silver floating frame

(Studio Price $375)

Winter Flame to Spring Song, A Cardinal’s Promise

Through winter’s frost and spring’s first bloom, the cardinal remains unwavering in its vivid red. A symbol of resilience and renewal, it stands among blossoms, bridging the seasons with its steadfast colour and timeless song.

Acrylic, 24 x 29 cm, black & silver floating frame

(Studio Price $375)

Montgomery

Tasmanian Masked Owl from Raptor Refuge

Acrylic, 55 x 44 cm + natural timber floating frame

(NFS but available as Fine Art Reproductions)

What a Spectacle?

The amazing spectacle of a nesting Spectacled Monarch.

Acrylic, 44 x 34 cm, natural timber floating frame

(Exhibiting at Wildlife that Wows - Boonah Regional Art Gallery)

Tawny Textures

A celebration of the colours and textures of a beloved tawny frogmouth family.

Acrylic, 55 x 44 cm, natural timber floating frame

(Studio Price $1,450)

Three Dots on Hot Rocks

This was painted to pair with "Three Dots Reflected in Magic Mangrove Mirrors". These paintings celebrate both the similarities and differences of these two types of dotterel. One that lives on the harsh dry gibber plain of inland Australia and their brethren which prefer living around water.

Acrylic, 61 x 30 cm, floating frame (black)

(Studio Price $1,950)

Three Dots Reflected in Magic Mangrove Mirrors

A small and cryptic bird, black-fronted dotterels are often overlooked. However, look closer and you will be amazed by their intricate patterns and subtle but beautiful colouration. As they move among the shallows and young mangrove saplings, their reflections ripple softly in the water.

Acrylic, 61 x 30 cm, floating frame (black)

(Studio Price $1,950)

Strike a Pose

I think little brown birds are seriously underrated, probably because all you usually see is a quick flash of brown as they flit away. However, this little guy, a Tasmanian thornbill, was kind enough to ‘strike a pose’ for me in a beautiful Correa Alba near the beach on Bruny Island. The rufous edges to the leaves of the correa beautifully complemented the rufous brown on the forehead, edges of the wings and rump of my little friend.

Acrylic, 30 x 15 cm, stepped floating timber frame

(Studio Price $450)

The Lunchtime Whistle

My tummy was grumbling, it was about time to head down the mountain and find some lunch, and just in that moment I spotted this little guy (a stunning Golden Whistler). Looks like he had already found his lunch.

Acrylic, 36 x 36 cm, floating frame (black)

(Studio Price $750)

The Cheek of It

White-cheeked honeyeater

Acrylic, 40 x 40 cm, black floating frame

(Studio Price $750)

Butcher Shop Window

Grey Butcherbird

Acrylic, Floating Frame (Faux Oak)

Exhibiting at "On the Wildside" Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre (31 July - 7 Sept)

FAN-tastic Construction

I had the great pleasure to see this tiny and beautiful Rufous Fantail constructing its nest, which is quite a masterpiece in its own right. It is a truly fantastic construction.

As the rufous fantail tends to its nest, there's a palpable sense of serenity and intimacy in the air, inviting the viewer to pause and appreciate the beauty of the moment. The bird’s striking colouration with black and white scalloped front and rufous accents stands proud against the soft and impressionistic background which suggests lush foliage with sunlight filtering through the canopy in dappled patterns.

Acrylic, 34 x 44 cm, natural timber floating frame

(Studio Price $950)

Lullaby

A sweet song from the little Eastern Spinebill.

Acrylic, 30 x 30 cm, floating frame (faux oak)

(Studio Price $650)

Everything Pales in Comparison

Winner of 'People's Choice' Award in "Materially Designed" RQAS Exhibition 2023

'Award of Excellence' in Queensland Wildlife Artists Society Inc (QWASI) 40th Anniversary Exhibition 2023

The pale-headed rosella is usually one of the more quiet and timid of the Australian parrots, but on this particular day they were too busy happily devouring the berries from the Corky passion vine to even notice my presence. It was a family affair, with both parents and three younger birds (still with a bit of red showing on their heads) enjoying the feast. Unfortunately, the Corky passion vine is a weed here in Australia, but that did not diminish their pleasure scoffing the tasty berries.

Acrylic, 81 x 106 cm, floating timber frame (mocha)

(Studio Price $9,850)

Devoted Discombobulation

You’re walking along a bush track, then like magic, a family of tawny frogmouths seem to mystically coalesce out of the surrounding branches. They seem to merge into the bush, but the striking eyes draw your attention. The parents both look watchful, protective of their baby, while the young one seems to look with curiosity. Hello.

Acrylic, 76 x 91 cm, floating timber frame

(Sold, available as Fine Art Reproductions)

A Veiled Flame

A pair of red-rumped parrots revealed between the needle like casuarina leaves in the Australian bush.

Acrylic, 76 x 51 cm, floating timber frame (mocha)

(Studio Price $3,850)

Regeneration

Representing the resilience, regrowth, regeneration, and healing after the tragic bushfires in February 2020.

Acrylic, 76 x 51 cm, floating timber frame

(Studio Price $3,850)

Tiny Feathered Treasures Series

A series of small paintings celebrating tiny birds.

Acrylic, set of 15, each 6 x 6 inches, deep edge stretched canvas

Azure Kingfisher, Diamond Dove (SOLD), Red-backed Fairywren (SOLD), Superb Fairywren (SOLD), Rufous Fantail,

Grey Fantail, Eastern Yellow Robin, Eastern Spinebill (SOLD), Kalkadoon Grasswren (SOLD), Golden Whistler

Striated Pardalote, White-cheeked honeyeater, Zebra Finch, Silvereye, Peaceful Dove,

(Studio Price $250 each or $220 each for 3 or more)

Pardon Me, Mr. Pardalote (Triptych)

This little guy (a striated pardalote) was a real character, posing in the knobbly branches of an old coastal banksia. He was watching me closely, as if to say, “What are you doing here, this is my place?” To which I respond, “It’s ok little buddy, I’m just passing through, but you took my breath away with your spectacular oranges and yellows against that vibrant blue sky.”

Acrylic, Triptych two 24 x 20 inches and one 24 x 24 inches, deep edge stretched canvas (Studio Price $7,850)

Twinkle

Twinkle is a barn owl I painted to watch over my niece and bring her sweet dreams.

Acrylic, 76 x 51 cm

Not for Sale, but available as a Fine Art Reproduction

Sunrise Serenade

The melodious song of butcher birds awakening a new day.

Acrylic, 76 x 61 cm, floating frame (faux oak)

(Studio Price $4,450)

Sweet Scarlet Swerves

A flash of scarlet as the male scarlet honeyeater swerves from flower to flower feasting along the way

Acrylic, 74 x 58 cm, traditional frame with matt board

(Studio Price $1,980)

Third Place at Sunshine Coast Show

Colours are Brightest after the Rain

Despite being all wet from a recent downpour, this green rosella seemed to be content and enjoying a meal of acacia seeds

Acrylic, 66 x 66 cm, deep edge stretched canvas

(Studio Price $2,850)

LBJ - Little Brown Job

An affectionate term for those little brown birds that are so hard to identify when you just get a quick glimpse. It's actually a little Tasmanian thornbill; they are only about 10cm long (if you stretch him out from beak to tail).

Acrylic, 55 x 55 cm, Floating Frame (walnut)

(Studio Price $1,450)

Kelpigarten

Kindergarten for a kelp gull - learning how to dive and feed on critters in the seaweed.

Acrylic, 95 x 95 cm, floating frame (black)

(Studio Price $4,450)

The Light of a Silver Crescent Moon

Juvenile crescent honeyeaters feasting on silver banksia in the subtle dusk light.

Acrylic, 64 x 49 cm, timber floating frame

(Exhibiting at Wildlife that Wows - Boonah Regional Art Gallery)

Twist and Dart

The twisting neck and amazing eye of this beautiful darter inspired this painting.

Acrylic, 55 x 55 cm, floating frame (faux oak)

Exhibiting at St. Vincent's Hospital

Rufous Masquerade

A pair of Rufous whistlers turning the bush into a masquerade ball with their striking colours and beautiful song.

Acrylic, 50 x 40 cm, black floating frame

Not for Sale, but available as a Fine Art Reproduction

Rolling with the Spikes

Lilac-breasted Roller, well protected by those spikes in Botswana

Acrylic, 51 x 41 cm, deep edge stretched canvas

Exhibiting at St. Vincent's Hospital

Relentless Devotion

These two Australasian Grebes were relentless in their devotion to looking after their nest, taking turns back and forth collecting greenery for the nest and food, while the other sat on the nest keeping their three eggs snug.

Acrylic, 55 x 55 cm, black floating frame

Exhibiting at St. Vincent's Hospital

In the Tree with Me

An interesting perspective of an Aussie Icon. It almost feels like you are in the tree with the kookaburra, and he has plenty of attitude.

Acrylic, 65 x 55 cm, black floating frame

(Studio Price $980)

40 Spots, or Not? (Triptych)

One of Australia's rarest birds, the forty-spotted pardalote, is restricted to only a few colonies in south-east Tasmania, mainly on Maria Island and Bruny Island. These tiny birds forage almost exclusively in white gums for invertebrates and manna (a sugary syrup exuded from white gums). They make small cuts in leaves and stems using a specialised hook on their bill and collect the manna. An action I have captured in this painting. Seeing the need for habitat restoration, Inala Nature Reserve started planting white gums in 1985 and the original little Inala colony has grown into a strong population.

Acrylic, Triptych two 14 x 14 inches and one 14 x 18 inches, deep edge stretched canvas

Exhibiting at "On the Wildside" Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre (31 July - 7 Sept)

Tom Tit Triptych

Tom Tit (New Zealand)

Acrylic, one 30 x 20cm, two 20 x 20cm, deep edge stretched canvas

(Studio Price $420)

A Leaf's View

An Oakview Leaf tailed gekko, and I wouldn't want to be that cricket!

Acrylic, 50 x 40 cm, deep edge stretched canvas

(Studio Price $680)

Runner Up in Saving Wild Homes Art Competition

Three Musketeers

Despite their bright colours these rambunctious musk lorikeets disappear in the foliage and flowers of the gum tree with matching bright red flowers, but you can't miss them because of the noise and constant movement.

Acrylic, Triptych three x 14 x14 inches, deep edge stretched canvas (Studio Price $1,680)

Unfiordgetable

Fiordland Crested Penguin (New Zealand).

Acrylic, 54 x 65 cm, floating frame (black)

Exhibiting at "On the Wildside" Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre (31 July - 7 Sept)

A New Hope

New Holland Honeyeater

Acrylic, 36 x 46 cm, floating frame (faux oak)

(Studio Price $460)

Hidden Hunter

Brown Goshawk.

Acrylic, 65 x 80 cm, black floating frame

(Studio Price $1,680)

Albadango

Dancing waved albatrosses, Galapagos.

Acrylic, Diptych, two 45 x 55 cm, black floating frames (Studio Price $2,650)

Honey Pots

The nest of this pair of yellow-faced honeyeaters put me in the mind of honeypots.

Acrylic, Triptych, two 30 x 23cm and one 30 x 30 cm, deep edge stretched canvas (Exhibiting at Yandina Historic House)

Smaller Works

4 Teaspoons of Sugar

Red-Backed Fairy Wren (Female left, Male right)

The smallest of Australia's fairy-wrens, sometimes known as the Elfin Wren, the average weight of this tiny bird is only 8 grams, the same as 2 teaspoons of sugar. Amazing right? So together, Mr and Mrs weigh the same as 4 teaspoons of sugar.

Diptych, 2 x Acrylic on Canvas Panel, Charcoal Frames, each 28 x 33 cm

(Studio Price $420)

Intimacy with the Flame

Greater Flamingo, Galapagos.

Acrylic, 24 x 29 cm, black floating frame

(Studio Price $220)

Thief of Gold

The delicate dance of nature unfolds as this delightful little Eastern Yellow Robin deftly plucks midges trapped in the gossamer strands of a spider's web.

Acrylic, 20 x 20 cm, floating frame (oak)

(Studio Price $450)

On Reflection

Southern Boobook

Acrylic, 29 x 29 cm, black floating frame

(Studio Price $380)

How Superb!

Superb Fairywren.

Acrylic, 30 x 30 cm, black standing frame

(Studio Price $220)

Better Than Pancakes

While everyone else was eating pancakes I was off playing with my friend the Tasmanian Scrubtit

Acrylic, triptych, three 8 x 8 inch, deep edge stretched canvas

(Studio Price $650)

Spinebilleas

Eastern Spinebills feasting on Grevilleas.

Acrylic, Triptych, one 25 x 25 cm, two 25 x 20 cm, deep edge stretched canvases (Studio Price $680)

Perceptions in Blue

Portrait of a Lewin's Honeyeater - check out that amazing blue eye.

Acrylic, Triptych, one 25 x 25 cm, two 25 x 20 cm, deep edge stretched canvases (Studio Price $680)

Successful Joint Venture

Magpie Geese

Acrylic, 61 x 61 cm, deep edge stretched canvas

(Studio Price $480)

Birds in the Hood

Hooded Plovers

Acrylic, 51 x 76 cm, deep edge stretched canvas

Exhibiting at St. Vincent's Hospital

A Crimson Rose

Crimson Rosella

Acrylic, 51 x 51 cm, deep edge stretched canvas

(Exhibiting at Yandina Historic House)

Woody Woodpecker

Magellanic Woodpecker (Chile)

Acrylic, 61 x 51 cm, deep edge stretched canvas

Exhibiting at St. Vincent's Hospital

Eye Stalk at the Water's Edge

White-faced Heron

Acrylic, 61 x 91 cm, deep edge stretched canvas (Studio Price $650)

Pelicans and Plumage

Australian Pelican

Acrylic, 152 x 76 cm, deep edge stretched canvas

Exhibiting at St. Vincent's Hospital

Carmine Cuisine

Carmine bee eaters mostly hunt by hawking; a feeding strategy in birds involving catching flying insects in the air

Acrylic, Diptych, two 46 x 46 cm, deep edge stretched canvas (Studio Price $890)

All the Things I Love

Snowy Egret, Chile

Acrylic, 76 x 76 cm, deep edge stretched canvas

Exhibiting at St. Vincent's Hospital

A Selection of Sold Favourites

So you missed out on buying these ones, but some are available as Fine Art Reproductions or on other cool products, check out the Other KADuffy Arty Stuff page or contact me via [Email] for more information.