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by Alex Mortensen
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Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.
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This is a bee hawk moth, Cephonodes kingii. The larvae feed on gardenia. An interesting record because they normally do not go so far south. They are... more
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This is a bee hawk moth, Cephonodes kingii. The larvae feed on gardenia. An interesting record because they normally do not go so far south. They are sometimes common around Sydney but normally are a tropical species. It is not easy to get a picture of them feeding.
I had been framing for my wife, Ekaterina Mortensen, and then at the start of 2008 decided I should do some paintings to put in the frames myself. Having told Katya for years that if ever I paint I would paint with a large brush on large canvases, I started with small ones - miniatures. My earliest miniatures picked up a Highly Commended in the Royal National Canberra Art Show in 2008, followed by a Second Prize (miniatures) in 2009, 2nd Prize in Goulburn Workers Club Annual Art Prize acrylics section in 2024. I have had works hanging at The Artists Shed in Queanbeyan, the TAP Gallery in Darlinghurst, Sydney - including a joint exhibition with my wife - and the Rotary Camberwell Exhibition in Melbourne, Royal Canberra Show, Sydney...
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Alex Mortensen
Thanks, Sherry. It was just sheer luck to be in the garden when it visited. Never seen one here before or since. According to an entomologist at the museum in Sydney it hasn't been sited so far south before. Thanks for your vote. Alex