{"id":778,"date":"2025-02-07T20:27:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T11:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/?p=778"},"modified":"2025-02-07T20:32:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T11:32:26","slug":"778","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/?p=778","title":{"rendered":"Blackbird with White Iris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1413\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Blackbird-with-White-Iris-1.jpg\" alt=\"Blackbird with White Iris by Arlo Mercia\" class=\"wp-image-779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Blackbird-with-White-Iris-1.jpg 1413w, https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Blackbird-with-White-Iris-1-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Blackbird-with-White-Iris-1-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Blackbird-with-White-Iris-1-768x1044.jpg 768w, https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Blackbird-with-White-Iris-1-1130x1536.jpg 1130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1413px) 100vw, 1413px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Blackbird with White Iris<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/?p=547\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"547\">Arlo Mercia<\/a><br>Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Note from the artist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackbirds were introduced from Europe into Australia in the 1850&#8217;s because their beautiful song reminded settlers of home. They are now common and often comical residents in suburban gardens.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prints and greeting cards of an original painting by <a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/?p=547\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"547\">Arlo Mercia<\/a> using water colour and Kobaien ink on rare Japanese Kobaien &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/the-worlds-oldest-inkstick.jp\/products\/earth-soil-paper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Earth Paper&#8217;<\/a> handmade\u00a0to a recipe from the Edo period (200 years ago).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-postLink\">\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard -internal\" data-type=\"type1\" data-onclick=\"clickLink\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__caption\">Artist<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__thumb c-postThumb\"><figure class=\"c-postThumb__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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