There is an abundant array of birdlife that flutter and soar around Catherine’s studio in Darwin’s Northern Suburbs. Bush Stone-Curlews, Finches, Goshawks and Red Tail Cockatoos to name but a few of her feathery visitors.

This award winning picture is a snapshot of a fleeting moment in time when one of Darwin’s Northern Wanderers, a cheeky Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo, leaps into action. ‘Hightail’ combines realism with the loose painterly style of splattered and thrown paint to help emphasise the translucence often associated with quick movement.