{"title":"Wendy Cooper","description":"\u003cp\u003eStep into the vibrant and detailed world of natural history with the works of Wendy Cooper. Renowned for her in-depth knowledge and artistry, Wendy collaborates seamlessly in combining the beauty of nature with informative photography and stories, making her works a truly enriching experience for both art enthusiasts and nature lovers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong her acclaimed works is \u003cem\u003eAustralian Rainforest Fruits\u003c\/em\u003e, which offers a captivating exploration of the diverse and exotic fruits found in Australia's lush rainforests. This book is a celebration of biodiversity, showcasing stunning photographs and providing valuable insights into the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWendy has also contributed to preserving the legacy of the celebrated artist William T. Cooper. In \u003cem\u003eThe Bird Art of William T. Cooper\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Botanical Art of William T. Cooper\u003c\/em\u003e, she helps bring to life the extraordinary skill of William's work, illustrating the grace and depth of avian and botanical subjects. These collections not only emphasise the beauty of art but also highlight the importance of conservation and appreciation for our natural surroundings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExplore our Wendy Cooper collection and embark on a journey through the wonders of science and nature, expertly captured through the lens of art and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"australian-rainforest-fruits-by-wendy-cooper-9780643107847","title":"Australian Rainforest Fruits","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAustralian Rainforest Fruits\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautifully illustrated field guide that covers 504 of the most common fruiting plants found in Australia's eastern rainforests. It also includes a few species that are rare in the wild but generally well-known. These spectacular plants can be seen from Cape York to Victoria, with some species also found in the Northern Territory, Western Australia, and overseas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRainforest fruits are often beautifully coloured. In this guide, the species are arranged by the colour of ripe fruit, then by size and form. The book uses five broad categories: pink to purple, blue to black, yellow and orange to red, green to brown, and white. 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Known for his work in bird monographs, Cooper also created numerous individual paintings, particularly inspired by species such as birds of paradise, cockatoos, and hornbills. These paintings, often expansive, feature a broad technique for the backgrounds reminiscent of his early days as a landscape and seascape artist. This approach allowed for the depiction of bird behaviour, partially concealed subjects, and more of their natural habitats as compared to the vignettes in monographs. The book includes these artworks alongside many sketches, most of which have never been published before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCooper's art was a harmonious blend of sketches, visions, and memories, crafted until he achieved the desired effect. He didn't aim for a perfect replication of a scene; instead, he adjusted compositions by shuffling, deleting, or including elements while highlighting the crucial interplay of light and shade. 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These botanical details, the backdrops to his bird portraits, are the subject of this lavishly illustrated book written by his botanist wife, \u003cb\u003eWendy Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the bird lover, Bill's lush, full-colour paintings, many from private collections, are reproduced here, alongside Wendy's notes and Bill's diary entries about bird feeding habits. Wendy describes seeing King Parrots in the wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest at their home in Bungwahl, New South Wales, feeding on the juicy black berries of the Narrow-leaved Palm Lily (\u003ci\u003eCordyline stricta\u003c\/i\u003e). The parrots were extracting the seeds and dropping the flesh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the course of a decade, Bill observed activity around an Umbrella Tree in their garden: 'Watched a female coloured riflebird feeding on the flowers of a Schefflera on the driveway. I'm convinced it was taking nectar as they do on the Thunbergia in the garden. It went from open flower to open flower'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the nature lover, Wendy has included detailed botanical descriptions of each plant and personal notes about where a particular specimen was found. She takes the reader from rainforest to dry country, from swamps and beach forest to the jungles north of Australia. We learn that Maiden's Blush trees are forest giants with wonderful high-arching plank buttresses; that Bill had to shoot down a small stem from high up in the forest canopy to capture a fruit specimen; and that the tree's scientific name, \u003ci\u003eSloanea australis\u003c\/i\u003e, honours physician, naturalist and collector Hans Sloane, whose private collection became the founding collection of the British Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside Wendy's description is Bill's sketch of a Maiden's Blush buttress and a finished full-colour acrylic painting of Regent Bowerbirds perched on the tree's branches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the budding illustrator or artist, Cooper's annotated sketches, studies and paintings of plants, as well as many of his finished bird illustrations, give a unique insight into his artistic process. \u003ci\u003eThe Botanical Art of William T. 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