Eleanor Healy-Wills – Song of the Kookaburra – Artist’s Proof Etching, c.1990s

An original artist’s proof copperplate etching by Australian artist Eleanor Healy-Wills (b. 1942), titled Song of the Kookaburra, circa 1990s, signed and titled in pencil beneath the image and inscribed “a/p etching”; the work depicts a beautifully observed kookaburra perched among native Australian foliage and flowering gum, rendered in earthy sepia, eucalyptus green and restrained touches of red. As an artist’s proof rather than a standard numbered edition, this example has additional collecting interest. It is professionally presented under a generous cream mount in a simple natural timber frame and is ready to hang.

53cm x 45cm frame

28cm x 22cm artwork 

Eleanor Healy-Wills is an Australian artist born in 1942 whose practice encompasses painting and printmaking, with Australian flora, fauna and the natural environment recurring strongly in her work. She has been active as a professional artist across the late 20th and early 21st centuries and maintained a studio-gallery in Victoria. Her printmaking includes etching and aquatint, sometimes enhanced with hand colouring, and demonstrates a particular sensitivity to line, texture and organic form.