Rebecca Chesney

Rebecca Chesney


Red, Amber, Green

Gouache on paper
120 plates from 1950's copy of The Popular Handbook of British Birds by P.A.D Hollom
Each page 21 x 12.5 cm. 2020
Bird species on the Red and Amber UK Conservation Status List (as of 2020) have been blanked out with grey paint to create an imagined future handbook.

Rebecca Chesney bird book 01

Rebecca Chesney bird book 02

Rebecca Chesney bird book 03

Rebecca Chesney bird book 04

Below: Red, Amber, Green included in A Fine Toothed Comb exhibition at HOME in Manchester in 2023.

Chesney HOME 05
Photo: Michael Pollard

Chesney HOME 06
Photo: Chris Payne

Below: Red, Amber, Green included in Our Earth exhibition at Salisbury Cathedral, 2024.

Rebecca Chesney Salisbury Cathedral

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