Brolga Feather by Marion Chapman The painting of this exquisite Brolga feather was inspired by the deafening silence by bird organisations everywhere on the continued slaughter of birds by wind turbines. In Victoria, the grasslands, water holding depressions and wonderfully pock-marked volcanic outcrops of  western Victoria are habitat for the once widespread  Brolga and provide the backdrop for this feather.   Around the four side edges of the canvas, printed in white on yellow are the words - No wind factories for Macarthur, Tuke,  Waubra, Lexton, Lal Lal, Elain, Mt. Mercer, Stockyard Hill, Stony Rises, Glenthompson, Mt. Gellibrand, Nerrin Nerrin, Stoneleigh.  Of the twenty or so proposals for wind factories in western Vic. thirteen are within the known range of the Brolga.  In other countries Crane are victims of wind turbines and there is no reason to suggest that Australian Crane will not suffer the same fate The painting was on show during July at the Wildflife Art Society`s "Brilliant Birds" exhibition, Bird Observers Club, Nunwading, Victoria

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Other paintings by Marion Chapman: Brolga Neptune`s Necklace