Red-necked Grebe
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) 93% is part of a larger ongoing series about backyard ecologies called Junk Mail Migration. These works examine the direct impact of junk mail production on the immediate environment – our backyards.
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) 93% is part of a larger ongoing series about backyard ecologies called Junk Mail Migration. These works examine the direct impact of junk mail production on the immediate environment – our backyards.
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) 93% is part of a larger ongoing series about backyard ecologies called Junk Mail Migration. These works examine the direct impact of junk mail production on the immediate environment – our backyards.
Many of our favorite songbirds breed, live, and migrate to/from the Boreal Forest, only passing through Iowa seasonally. When their breeding habitat is destroyed, the population dwindles and the chance of viewing the likes of a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in our backyard diminishes.
All are represented in life size scale, drawn with graphite, charcoal, gesso, and ink on junk mail laminated to recycled cardboard and supported with reclaimed or sustainably forested wood. The title is the common name, latin name, and the percentage that breeds in the boreal forest each year. For this portion of the project, birds were selected that migrate through Iowa seasonally, are not year round residence of Iowa, and have over 70% of their breeding ground in the North American boreal forest ring. The 93% in the name is indicating that 93% of the Red-neck Grebe population breeds in the boreal forest.
Original Painting
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) 93%, 2023
Junkmail, gesso, ink, charcoal on cardboard
29.25” W X 22.5” H
Mounted to wood supports and wired for hanging.
Signed by the artist.
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