River Landscape Pastel Painting by Artist Bertouch Titled the Blue Lagoon Ibis Birds in Flight

A stunning pastel picture of the blue lagoon with ibis birds depicted in flight and feeding at the shallow waters edge. Ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains. "Ibis" derives from the Latin and Ancient Greek word for this group of birds in shallow waters and flight. Ibises all have long, down-curved bills, and usually feed as a group, probing mud for food items, usually crustaceans. They are monogamous and highly territorial while nesting and feeding. Most nest in trees, often with spoonbills or herons. All extant species are volant, but two extinct genera were flightless, namely the kiwi-like Apteribis in the Hawaiian Islands, and the peculiar Xenicibis in Jamaica. A professionally executed work with good attention to detail, with a superb realistic sky and water. Presented in a period decorative swept frame finished in antique gold, the whole nicely preserved under glass. There is a Gallery Label Verso. SIGNATURE Signed ' Bertouch 1956 ' in the lower left bottom corner.