The Smoker

Gina Kalabishis

The Smoker

$1,250.00

$1,250.00

2025 – Original

oil on linen.

38cm x 28cm framed size 41 x 31cm

Bright feathers smoulder into shadows in 'The Smoker', Gina Kalabishis’ intimate portrait of a Regent Parrot. Its plumage—colours of fire and ash—draws attention not only to its beauty but also to what’s at stake.

Here, the bird preens but does not rest. It is a sentinel amid shifting ground, its fiery silhouette signalling warning and wonder in equal measure.

About the Artist

Learn more about Gina Kalabishis

Gina Kalabishis’ practice pays direct homage to the beauty of Australia’s native flora and fauna. Finding inspiration in both her regular walks through the unruly, thick bushland of our national parks, as well as from her everyday encounters with unassuming plants and animals within her local Merri Creek backyard in Melbourne, Kalabishis’ delicate paintings and drawings lovingly replicate the earthy, wondrous textures of nature. Utilising a visual language that mixes still life and landscape techniques with intentionally dreamlike, surreal distortions, her images construct intimate narratives in which the human, emotive experience becomes enmeshed within the beauty of the natural environment.

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