"G'day Mate" Original Painting

Size: 4 x 6 inches

Medium: Watercolor & Acrylic on Watercolor Paper (unframed)

Artist Signature: Left bottom corner

Artist: Hand painted by San Francisco Bay Area artist John Osgood

Year: 2025 as part of the Birduary Series

John's Inspiration:

I’ve got a soft spot for painting the little guys—warblers, sparrows, hummingbirds, chickadees. There’s just something about their tiny features that I love to paint.

This little bird is inspired by a Chestnut-Headed Tesia—an adorably round and tailless ground-dweller that loves to forage in deep cover, rarely venturing out into the open. Known for its loud, fluid “chee-leu-chee-wit” calls and sharp, high-pitched chirps, it’s got a personality that’s hard to ignore.

With a collaged musical note added to capture what this tiny singer might be saying, I imagined it cheerfully chirping, “G’day, Mate!”—a little reminder to go out and have a great day!