"What can I say? This is a near-perfect bird painting that's presented very well, framing and all. Exceptional rendering of detail from the leaves to the bark and of course the feathers. Out-of-focus backgrounds done by an airbrush can be overly dominating, but not here. Great use of the leaves to softly frame the main subject matter. Touches like warm glow on the underside of the branch and the subtle backlighting of the parrots are all very well done. The late lighting produced saturated colours on the birds and they were reproduced very nicely. The big tick in my book was that the references were from Frances' own photos.
The only slight issue could be that isn't the most flattering of angles, looking up the rear of the birds, but that's often how avid bird artists often view them, so well done Frances!"