{"product_id":"whistling-to-be-heard-gina-kalabishis","title":"Whistling to be Heard","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeak open, feathers flared, the Whistling Kite cries out—mid-call, mid-warning. In Whistling to be Heard, Gina Kalabishis captures a raw and urgent moment: a solitary bird whose voice seems to rise above not just the canopy, but the encroaching silence of environmental loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against a rich understorey of moss and leaf, this painting conveys both strength and vulnerability. The Whistling Kite, a sentinel species of inland and coastal Australia, is here not merely observed but embodied—its feathered presence pushing beyond stillness into something pleading, almost defiant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcerpt from catalogue essay by Tim Dolby:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kalabishis’ paintings… are not solely ornamental; they exhibit signs of distress, displacement, and vulnerability. Their habitats… are rendered in desaturated tones, echoing the fading memory of what once was.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a bird not content to vanish quietly. It whistles to be heard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flinders Lane Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52881560633638,"sku":null,"price":1250.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/4179\/2550\/files\/GinaKalabishis_Whistling_to_be_heard_2025_oilonlinen_30.5x40.5cm_.2025-1200pt_485caeba-a60b-49e0-b383-9939a2d00567.jpg?v=1774438703","url":"https:\/\/flg.com.au\/products\/whistling-to-be-heard-gina-kalabishis","provider":"Flinders Lane Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}