EXHIBITION HOURS
11–6PM WE–SU

OPENING DRINKS
1–3PM SATURDAY 28 JUNE

 

I began drawing birds around 2007, originally inspired by pigeons and a need to capture the kind of mundane beauty we’re surrounded by every day but take for granted. It quickly became a common reoccurring source of inspiration, returning regularly, like a migration cycle.

Featherbrain introduced two new series alongside a selection of highlights from past bird themed shows as well as some previously un-exhibited drawings. Of the new series, the first draws inspiration from Australian Natives such as Rainbow Lorikeets and Honeyeaters while the second focuses in on Honeyeaters as a jumping off point to transition into a new visual symbol.

These new works are contrasted with a series of anthropomorphised images from 2010-2012 where bird headed figures act as mannequins for antique dresses and modern fashions.

Front Room

Andrew Ensor ‘Featherlution’ – $150
Andrew Ensor ‘Bird is the Word’ – $180
Andrew Ensor ‘A Letter For a Friend’ – $180
Andrew Ensor ‘Thinking of Rainy Days’ – $180
Andrew Ensor ‘Fairy Floss Hair’ – $180
Andrew Ensor ‘A Summer Song’ – $200
Andrew Ensor ‘A Hat Upon Your Head’ – $200
Andrew Ensor ‘A Pair of Umbrellas’ – $200
Andrew Ensor ‘Whispered Secrets’ – $180
Andrew Ensor ‘Panda Bear Backpack’ – $180
Andrew Ensor ‘Penguin Dresses’ – $200
Andrew Ensor ‘Magpie Goths’ – $180
Andrew Ensor ‘Purple Giraffe’ – $200
Andrew Ensor ‘Sipping Rainbow Tea’ – $200
Andrew Ensor ‘Woodland Spirit’ – $200
Andrew Ensor ‘Sailing Into Sunsets’ – $200
Andrew Ensor ‘A Paperback’ – $180
Andrew Ensor ‘First Day of School’ – $180
‘Featherwing” – $150
Andrew Ensor ‘Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell You’ – $520
Andrew Ensor ‘Grey Rainbows’ – $180
Andrew Ensor ‘King (Jelly) Fisher’ – $200
Andrew Ensor ‘Fishing for Rainbows’ –$220
Andrew Ensor ‘Wattle We Do Now?’ – $180
Andrew Ensor ‘Red Lorikeets’ – $200
Andrew Ensor ‘Lemon-Lime Budgie’ – $180
Andrew Ensor ‘Blue Raimbows’ – $180
Andrew Ensor ‘Yellow honeyeater’ – $180
Andrew Ensor ‘Floating World’ – $200
Andrew Ensor ‘Three Peacocks’ – $150
Andrew Ensor ‘Rainbow Peacock’ – $150

Second Room

‘The Honey Eaters’ – $250
Andrew Ensor ‘Hold Me Up to the Light’ – $400
Andrew Ensor ‘Lost in the Light’ – $280
Andrew Ensor ‘A Cage of my Own Making’ – $300
Andrew Ensor ‘Honey Sunspots’ – $320
Andrew Ensor ‘The Sun is a Chandelier’ – $300
‘Asleep on a Chandelier’ – $400

ABOUT ANDREW ENSOR

Andrew Ensor is a Sydney based solo artist, having been exhibiting for the past two decades. This is his third show with Tiliqua Tiliqua, completing a trilogy of broad-brush retrospectives on themes such as castles, flowers and now birds.

His work blends intricate pen drawing with expressive acrylic painting on coloured paper to create a unique, recognisable style, both delicate and imaginative.