Jackie Garner - Wildlife Artist

My latest venture is to illustrate a research project investigating the wildlife species depicted in ancient Egyptian art. in Autumn 2008 I spent six weeks in Egypt with a team of researchers, led by ornitho-egyptologist John Wyatt. We visited museums and historic sites from Alexandria to Abu Simbel, looking at art from Predynastic to Roman times.

My particular highlights were:

Seeing the real "Geese of Meidum" at Cairo museum
Tombs of Ti and Ptahhotep at Saqqara
Tombs of the nobles at Beni Hassan
Abydos
The White Chapel in Karnak
The Valley of the Kings
Tombs of the nobles at Luxor

Wildlife


Abydos hieroglyphs Original £560 Cards available

Dorcas Gazelles	Hold your mouse over the small pictures for a larger version

Saqqara hieroglyphs Original £370 Cards available	Black-headed Plover Prints available	Egyptian Vultures Original £480 Prints available	Dancing cranes Original £450 Prints available


Owls Original £870 Cards available

Quailchick from Tutankhamun's tomb Original £320	Hold your mouse over the small pictures for a larger version

Oryx Jar Cards available	Goose of Meidum Original £860 Prints available	Northern Lapwing Prints available	Addax Original £970 Prints available

My role is to make as accurate as possible representations of the art when a photographic image is not possible. Later we can use the resulting paintings for study and identification of the species depicted. So far we've looked at paintings, carvings, hieroglyphs, objects, ostraca, and papyrus, and are also checking bone and mummy records. The results will be published as A Guide to the Birds of Ancient Egypt, with further publications planned for the future.

When trying to identify species from the art there are a number of variables to consider, such as:

Quality of workmanship and materials
Date of work, and therefore the colours/techniques available
Damage, either natural or deliberate
Other occurrences of that species
Context
Habitat

In addition I'm producing paintings from Egyptian works that inspire me personally, and investigating the art techniques and materials used. I plan to make a painting using authentic as possible pigments and materials.

Aswan Hieroglyphs

Wigeon
Original £850
Prints

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Antelopes
Original £1,260
Prints

Gallinule

Nile Crocodile
Original £1,380
Prints

Please contact me if you would like updates as the project progresses.

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