Bridget Farmer

Meet Dita, she's one of our chooks and is pretty much the matriarch of the flock.  It is an original print, inked up by hand and pulled through my...

Meet Dita, she's one of our chooks and is pretty much the matriarch of the flock now, but this etching is from a sketch I made of her in her younge...

I met this little superb fairywren down Stevens Lane a few months ago. Stevens Lane is a delightful laneway that runs round the back of our little...

Meet Esperanza, she's one of our chooks and is the prettiest chicken. She lays perfect pure white eggs that look like ping pong balls when looking ...

Due to popular demand I have made a new superb fairywren! This item has free tracked shipping. It is an original dry point etching, inked up by ha...

Due to popular demand I have made another new superb fairywren! This will be my last fairywren for a while, I want to concentrate on some other sp...

 A beautiful golden-headed cisticloa that I met a few years ago at the Werribee Western Treatment Plant. A goldmine for bird watchers! I had never ...

This is a dry point etching of a Hooded Plover on the beach. It is printed using two plates, one inked up in yellow and one in blue with red added...

This lovely fairywren is female: she looks quite different from her male counterpart, and for once, for fairywrens, I think she is the more strikin...

From the archives, back before I had kids and was able to pop into Melbourne for a drawing trip! This dry point etching depicts a quintessential Me...

This mistletoebird is female.   Birds are often named after or known for the more striking, brightly coloured males, which means that the females a...

This peaceful dove is from my series of mini prints of Australian birds.    This is an original dry point etching, inked up by hand and pulled thro...

This is a dry point etching of a pied cormorant drying its wings on a rock.  This etching is sold unframed and unmatted. It is printed on 350gsm H...

This pink robin is female: Even though she isn't pink she is still a pink robin!   Birds are often named after the striking, brightly coloured male...

  The fascinating plains wanderer! This female plains wanderer is part of my female of the species collection that I'm making to try and boost the ...

I don't know if it's true or not, but I've heard black cockatoos are a portent for rain. I do love these stories and how various animals and birds ...

This little red backed fairy wren is from my series of mini prints of Australian birds. I met it just outside of Brisbane a few years ago while vis...

This red-backed fairywren is female: Even though she doesn't have the striking black plumage of the male, nor the red back she is still a red-backe...

This red-capped robin is female: she looks quite different from her male counterpart, being brown instead of striking black and only has a hint of ...

This rose robin is female: she looks quite different from her male counterpart, and only has a hint of a rose breast, if at all.   Birds are often ...

This rufous whistler is female: Even though she isn't rufous coloured she is still a rufous whistler!   Birds are often named after the striking, b...

I have made this drypoint original print to celebrate both World Curlew Day (21st April) and Tanya Plibersek's proposed rejection of the developmen...

This scarlet robin is female: Even though she isn't scarlet she is still a scarlet robin!   Birds are often named after the striking, brightly colo...

How gorgeous are silvereyes?! They come in little flocks at certain times of the year in search of a tasty garden morsel. This one visited me just ...

These birds are a bit special. You've got to be looking to notice them. They are small and brown and if you're not looking properly you might think...

This splendid fairywren is female: Even though she isn't the vivid blue colour she is still splendid!   Birds are often named after and known for t...

Two little red-browed finches sit on a branch at the beginning of spring. I met this pair a couple of years ago in a fruit tree in my neighbours ga...

This is a dry point etching of a rather dashing silvergull entitled 'Suave Silvergull'. It is printed with two plates. One inked up in yellow, the...

How delightful are superb fairywrens? The little balls of puffed feathers, their out of proportion long tail! I feel the female fairywren is often...

How delightful are superb fairywrens? That flash of blue. The little balls of puffed feathers. Their out of proportion long tail! This is an origi...

How delightful are superb fairywrens? That flash of blue. The little balls of puffed feathers. Their out of proportion long tail! This is an origi...

  Whenever I hear that beautiful slow cry of a yellow-tailed black cockatoo I rush out of my studio to see if I can see them. I always feel graced ...

 Whenever I hear that beautiful slow cry of a yellow-tailed black cockatoo I rush out of my studio to see if I can see them. I always feel graced w...

This is a dry point etching of a Golden Whistler in the branches of a wattle tree in bloom. I met this whistler at Vaughan Springs, Victoria a few...

This white-winged fairywren is female: she looks quite different from her male counterpart and doesn't have the white wings but she is still a whit...

While on a trip with my artist friends to Gluepot Reserve in South Australia, I met this little yellow-plumed honeyeater. It flitted about in the d...

This zebra finch is female: Even though she doesn't have zebra stripes she is still a zebra finch!   Birds are often named after the striking, brig...

Learn how to make a dry point etching with me! This workshop will take place on Monday 15th Jan 2024 in Woodend, Vic. It is run through the Wood...

Learn how to make a dry point etching with me! This workshop will take place on Wednesday 10th Jan 2024 in Woodend, Vic. It is run through the W...

Now you can have your favourite bird on your shelf, your table or your bedside cabinet! My range of standing birds are printed and coloured by han...

Now you can have your favourite bird on your shelf, your table or your bedside cabinet! My small range of standing birds are handprinted and also c...

Now you can have your favourite bird on your shelf, your table or your bedside cabinet! My range of standing birds are printed and coloured by hand...

Now you can have your favourite bird on your shelf, your table or your bedside cabinet! My small range of standing birds are handprinted and also c...