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I’m so excited to be part of Margaret River Region Open Studios this September! 🎨🦜

My studio, “The Aviary” – Studio No. 87 in the Event Guide, will be open from 12–27 September, 10am–4pm, and I’d love to welcome you in.

I have always been fascinated by Australia’s beautiful and diverse birdlife, and I love bringing these incredible birds to life through my oil paintings. Each painting is about more than capturing feathers, colour and form — I want to capture the individual character, spirit and personality that makes each bird so special.

There’s an even more meaningful part to my work: a portion from every original painting sold is donated to BirdLife Australia, helping support the protection and conservation of the birds that inspire me every day. ❤️

If you’re visiting Margaret River Open Studios, please come and say hello, explore my studio, and see the paintings up close. I’d love to share the stories and inspiration behind the birds and my work.

📍 The Aviary — Studio No. 87 in the Event Guide
📅 12–27 September
🕙 10am–4pm

I can’t wait to see you there! 🐦🎨

Margaret River Region Open Studios 2026.

Painted in oils “Waratah” Awarded 2nd Place in international Wildlife competition held by International Artist Magazine USA.

It is always a great honour and validating to receive an award, particularly when the artwork is jury judged against incredible competition.

“Waratah” is an oil painting depicting a pair of Rainbow Lorikeets sitting on one of Australia’s most iconic flowers, the floral emblem for New South Wales.

Acknowledgement to photographer David C. Simon for graciously providing the reference photo used as inspiration for this oil painting.

How absolutely fabulous to be the featured as the avian artist in the January – February 2023 edition of Parrot News Magazine.

The article gives some background on my bird art journey and features many of parrot and cockatoo paintings all lovingly painted in oils.

Hude thank you to Parrot Society of Australia Inc. for choosing me.

“The Art of Birds – Meet Nicky Shelton”

A few weeks ago I was approached to do an interview with Bird Buddy . If you haven’t heard of Bird Buddy the product is a smart bird feeder that notifies you of bird visitors, captures photos of birds who visit the birdfeeder and organises the photos into a beautiful collection. This innovative product was invented by some cleaver people in Europe, and is taking off like a rocket. The team behind the product are devoted to birdlife conservation. Just like me.

If you would like to discover more about me and my passion for birds click on the link below:

https://blog.mybirdbuddy.com/post/interview-nicky-shelton

Commission above was created for a client who requested a series of bird artworks – Birds specific to the Margaret River Region. Thank you to photographer Judy Walker for graciously allowing use of your Scarlet Robin image used as inspiration.

During a hugely successful 2021 Open Studios, I was commissioned to complete a number of commissions for bird loving clients.

All have been successfully completed now, and I have room in my schedule for new commissions.

Depending on size it can take several weeks to complete an artwork due to my preferred choice of medium being oils (renowned for slow drying). Each layer of oil paint needs to be touch dry in order to layer up the detail. Lots of zen moments for me and hopefully well worth the wait.

The normal process is for you to nominate the bird of your choice – give me a few hints about what you are looking for in a painting. I then review several reference photos, and together we select the base image. I then use my artistic license to create a special artwork just for you.

Commission below was created for a special client who’s cousin was the photographer Di Pridham. Thank you Di for allowing use of your image.

It is a great honor to be selected as a featured artist by USA based Artsy Shark.

Artsy Shark are a US based artist support and promotional organisation who jury select and “Feature amazing artists, sharing their stories with the world”.

The Artsy Shark selection process is a highly competitive curated process. Artists in every medium around the globe compete to be selected as a features artist.

Featured Artist Nicky Shelton