Jackie Garner - Artist - Ancient Egypt project

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Wildlife art of ancient Egypt project

Ancient Egypt provides a wealth of artworks and has provided some of the most enjoyable experiences in my art career. My latest venture is to illustrate a research project investigating the wildlife species depicted in Ancient Egypt. In 2008 I spent six weeks in Egypt with a team of researchers, led by ornitho-egyptologist John Wyatt.

Here's an article about my Ancient Egypt project in Cotswold Essence magazine.

Next exhibitions:
2012 Festival of Birds,
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust,
Slimbridge
4-5 Feb 2012

London Wild Bird Watch,
WWT London Wetland Centre
20-22 April 2012

Read my blog posts
about Ancient Egypt


Egyptian Vultures Prints available

Abydos hieroglyphs Original £560 Cards available	Hold your mouse over the small pictures for a larger version

Saqqara hieroglyphs Original £370 Cards available	Black-headed Plover Prints available	Dorcas Gazelles Original £950	Dancing cranes Prints available
We visited museums and historic sites depicting art in ancient Egypt from Alexandria to Abu Simbel. We were looking at wildlife art from Predynastic to Roman times. Particular highlights included: Seeing the real "Geese of Meidum" at Cairo museum Tombs of Ti and Ptahhotep at Saqqara Tombs of the nobles at Beni Hassan and Luxor Abydos The White Chapel in Karnak The Valley of the Kings


Owls of Ancient Egypt 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 wildlife species depicted. Our knowledge of birds has allowed us to question some of the established thinking on the subject. So far we've looked at all kinds of wildlife artwork: 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 wildlife 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 available

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Antelopes
Original £1,260
Prints available

Gallinule

Nile Crocodile
Original £1,380
Prints available

Gazelle Bottle
Original £470

Read my blog posts about Ancient Egypt.

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