Palmerston North based artist Beth Te Aroha McGill, of Ngāti Whatua and Ngāti Maniapoto descent, has turned her love for native birds into a thriving art practice. She paints images of birds on feathers, an idea encouraged by her friend. Beth's delicate renderings of New Zealand birdlife, painstakingly captured on bird feathers - an unusual yet beautiful canvas - are sought-after by many.

My painted feathers capture the detail and personality of common and endangered birds, plants, scenes and trees of New Zealand of which I love so much. - Beth McGill