FW: [canberrabirds] The Quintessential Bird

["Philip Veerman" <>]

Yes I remembered correctly and have found it now. Steve Wilson's 2 page obituary for her, appeared in 1992, Canberra Bird Notes 17(3): 88-89. As expected it says similar things about her to the other contributions made.

 

All of her paintings in Birds in the Australian High Country are nice, somewhat more arty and original (or maybe less of the set profiles) as shown in many other bird books.

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----From: Philip Veerman [ Sent: Saturday, 21 July 2012 6:40 PM      To: 'Kevin and Gwenyth Bray'; 'canberrabirds'      Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] The Quintessential Bird

Probably is, but it may help, I hope to add, if I recall it correctly that Steve Wilson wrote an obituary for her, that appeared in Canberra Bird Notes. The most significant, to us, book that she illustrated, was Birds in the Australian High Country.

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----From: Kevin and Gwenyth Bray [ Sent: Saturday, 21 July 2012 5:40 PM      To: canberrabirds
Subject: [canberrabirds] The Quintessential Bird

I have just been given the book The Quintessential Bird - the Art of Betty Temple Watts.

 

Betty Watts was a foundation member of the Canberra Ornithologists Group and one of the first two life members.  She provided the illustrations for some pre and post decimal bird stamps as well as to several different bird books.

 

Is there anyone in COG who was here at the beginning and therefore knew Betty Watts?  She moved to Queensland in 1972 and died there in 1991 aged 91.

 

Gwenyth Bray

 

 

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