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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 27/09/2026

I have been busy the last few months helping to organise an exhibition honouring the superb fairy wren and ways we can help them into the future, along with fellow artist Margot Stephens. We have over forty artists involved. Opens this Friday night in Mudgee if you are in the area

Shows the promotional poster for If Not Now Then Wren? A month long exhibition focussing on everyone's favourite little birds and ways we can support them
Opening night Friday the 2nd October 5:30 to 7:30
Loft Mudgee 18 Perry Street Mudgee

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 05/09/2026

Splendid fairy wrens *enjoy fairy cakes… or so I am led to believe… *they don’t actually like fairy cakes, but they do like insects, which fairy cakes if left for a long time will eventually attract… Painting available from the Moree Gallery moreegallery.com.au/denise-faulk...

Shows a watercolour painting of splendid fairy wrens snacking on a fairy cake in a blue spotty patty cake case on a blue and white plate, with another splendid fairy wren on a teacup

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 20/08/2026

Yay! The day is finally here! Calendar presales for 2027 are open! (Sadly buying my calendar early does not make this year race ahead with the promise of a better next year, all I can offer is a wee bit of whimsy each month in 2027) Link in bio

Shoes the mock up cover of my 2027 calendar which shows fairy wrens snacking in fairy bread with a wren sitting on a pretty teacup in the background

Shows the mockup of the back cover of my 2027 calendar which has each of the images for the twelve months on it

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 27/07/2026

RIP Bill Oddie My favourite Goodie and fellow bird nerd. Thank you for the inspiration

A watercolour painting of a blue and white Spode plate where I filled it with references from the Goodies TV Show which was my favourite when I grew up

A detail from my Goodies Spode plate design

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 13/07/2026

Every now and then I paint a picture that surprises me… My black swan snacking on a lamington is one of those paintings

Shows a black swan with a lamington in her beak standing on a two tiered cake stand with more lamingtons

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 06/04/2026

“The Last Supper” featuring twelve of our visiting apostlebirds making mischief with my favourite comfort food, tomato soup. Currently on display as part of the Muswellbrook Art Prize!

Shows twelve apostlebirds perched on and around an ornate soup tureen and a bowl of tomato soup, the ultimate comfort food

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 11/02/2026

My two current works in progress (ignoring the hundreds of half finished paintings all over the place) Definitely a bit of a theme going… Meet “Hello Possum!” and “Dame E(chi)dna”

Shows an unfinished watercolour of a brushtail possum eating some gladioli flowers while wearing Dame Edna glasses

Shows an unfinished watercolour painting of an echidna wearing Dame Edna glasses and big fabulous sparkly rings on each of her toenails

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 02/02/2026

A few minis almost finished… a few tweaks here and there and then they will be available for adoption Fit For A King (Fisher) James Pond The Spry Who Loved Me (sold) Lost in the Details The Bluebird of Happiness

Shows four small watercolour paintings of various critters on teacups, described individually in the next three photos. The only one not there because of the image limit is my green frog sitting on a Wedgwood teacup.

Shows a watercolour of a sacred kingfisher on a Royal teacup, looking very aqua

Shows a watercolour of a spotted pardalote on a William Morris Strawberry Thief teacup in shades of red

Shows a watercolour painting of a superb blue wren on a vintage bluebird teacup, which reminds me of the enamel blue bird necklace I was given when I was born… which really explains everything

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 16/01/2026

Quick cast of quirky characters to start the year!

Shows four whimsical watercolour paintings, a quokka holding a mocha, a kangaroo holding a teacup, a lace monitor holding a lace patterned teacup, a fairy penguin strolling off with a fairy cake

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 09/01/2026

Get up, read the news, consider going back to bed…

Shows a watercolour painting of a lace monitor holding a teacup giving side eye

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 31/12/2025

Happy New Year! May 2026 be the year that all your dreams come true! And may you be as happy as this fairy penguin is with his fairy cake

Shows my last painting for the year, a watercolour of a fairy penguin holding a fairy cupcake

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 25/12/2025

Wishing you all the merriest of Merry Christmases and the happiest of Happy New Years!

Shows an echidna on a platter with cheese and cabanosi on some of his spines pretending to be a cheese hedgehog from the 1980s

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 21/12/2025

Trying to stay cool on this hot and blustery day by painting a fairy penguin with fairy cake

Shows a far from finished watercolour of a fairy penguin with a fairy cake on a turquoise spotted cup cake case

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 06/12/2025

It is a scorcher here today so where does my cat decide to sit? On me… I am melting… For once I wish she was rolling around in my wet paint

Shows a cat flopped on my lap while I am sitting at my desk with an unfinished watercolour painting of a quokka holding a mocha in progress

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 04/12/2025

These quirky characters will be making their way on to my website over the weekend. Sign up to my newsletter (link in bio) to find out when.

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 02/12/2025

The only downside to having wings is when you want to dunk your iced vovo in the tea you are holding… and no pockets means you have to store your biccy (bikkie? bickie?) for later in your crest

Shows a watercolour painting of a galah holding an iced vovo in her beak dunking it into her cup of tea, with a hundreds and thousands biscuit in her crest

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 20/11/2025

Oh dear, what started as a bit of practice painting quirky characters is getting out of hand… I suddenly want to paint ALL the Australian animals drinking tea now… Still undecided whether they need pretty backgrounds or to just let them be…

Shows four small square watercolour paintings of Australian natives holding vintage teacups. There is a possum, a Tasmanian devil, a wombat and a platypus

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 10/11/2025

Last two pieces of the puzzle… I have four of these Precious Precarious Porcelain paintings heading to a women and birds exhibition at the Mudgee Arts Precinct in December

Shows two watercolour paintings side by side each showing birds perched on precariously stacked teasets. One featuring the regent honeyeater and one with spotted Pardalotes

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 02/11/2025

Work in progress… This is by far my most over the top painting and it isn’t finished yet (although I am running out of room) A pack of pretty pardalotes perched on precariously placed precious porcelain

Shows a not quite finished watercolour painting of highly detailed teapots and cups all stacked impossibly on each other with little spotted pardalotes hidden in amongst them

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 16/10/2025

And the Birdlife Bird of the Year winner is… Tawny Frogmouth About time in my opinion, although in my portrait of him he looks shocked that she has been chosen… she probably didn’t even write a speech or anything

Shows a watercolour painting of a tawny frogmouth holding a chintz teacup with a butterfly perched on the edge. The tawny frogmouth has a faintly surprised expression on her face

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 11/10/2025

Would you call this dapper fellow a bush turkey, a scrub turkey or a brush turkey? I always thought they were bush turkeys… Is it a geographical thing like the potato scallop/cake controversy?

Shows a watercolour portrait of a bush/brush/scrub turkey holding a chintz paisley teacup with his pinky in the air

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 08/10/2025

Maybe I can find something in here which will work

Shows the reissue of Australian women’s weekly children’s birthday cake book

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 06/10/2025

I’ve never painted a Tasmanian devil before so I am having a practice run by painting one drinking tea… Loooong way to go, but it is a fun challenge. Next one I paint will be eating cake but I can’t decide if it is devil’s food cake or angel food cake

Shows the basic blocking in of watercolour for a Tasmanian devil portrait holding a teacup

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 03/10/2025

Every now and then I paint a character who speaks to me (they all do in their own ways, but some more than others). I know that it will be a challenge to let them go when the time comes… this little unfinished possum is one of those characters

Shows an unfinished painting of a brushtail possum with his tongue out holding a teacup with roses on it

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 24/09/2025

Going to have to get our resident wombat to show me his better side for a portrait

Showing a very terrible photo of a wombat’s behind waddling around our yard, taken at night, in the rain, with a torch on an iPhone

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 24/09/2025

Building up quite a collection of these quirky characters sipping tea… Which is your favourite? And who should I paint next?

Showing four square watercolours each with an Australian native holding a pretty teacup.
There is a currawong with black and gold Versace teacup
A platypus holding a Willow Pattern teacup
A tawny frogmouth with a butterfly friend on a chintz teacup
A bush turkey holding a red and yellow paisley teacup

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 12/09/2025

Some of my strays set up for a painting of Australian bower birds who collect blue things to decorate their bowers with to woo potential mates

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 12/09/2025

I have been fussing over this furry flippered fellow for the past few days. Is he finished? I am really not sure 🤔 Maybe he needs a bit more fussing

Shows a watercolour of a platypus holding a Booths Willow Teacup. The painting is called Platypussy Willow

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 29/08/2025

Today’s desk view… A bit chaotic, but at least my supervisor has found herself a little bit of sunshine

Shows a messy desk with paints and paintings everywhere, but in the right front corner is a knitted blanket which is a cat nest. My little chocolate Burmese cat is curled up in it in the sunshine

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 28/08/2025

An eclectic cast of characters on my desk today…

Shows four unfinished watercolour paintings laid out on my desk. One has a bush turkey holding a red paisley teacup; the next has an emu holding a fondue fork (not yet painted); there is one with a stack of Imari teapots and cups with lots of spotted pardalotes on it and; the last has en eastern grey kangaroo with a happy face holding a teacup

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 25/08/2025

Sorry it has been a while…there is lots going on and I am a bit all over the place, there are things I *should* be doing but I think today I will ignore all the shoulds and just try to focus on this happy little skippy sipping tea… Not sure if it is earl grey or rooibos in that slightly modified cup

Shows and unfinished watercolour painting of an eastern grey kangaroo portrait with a happy face holding a yellow art deco cup with a silhouette design on it. The original shows people dancing, my version has a kangaroo mob just hanging out in the distance

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 11/08/2025

Taking pre orders for my 2026 calendar. If you are thinking you might like a copy of next year’s calendar I am taking pre orders now. I have kept the price the same despite growing costs as I feel we probably need a bit of whimsy at the moment… I know I do… Made in Australia Link in bio

Shows the cover on my next year’s calendar which shows a stack of colourful teapots and cups with wrens perch on it

Shows the back cover of my calendar and all the various images which will be in it by month

Shows the internal date page of my calendar giving an idea of the size of the boxes to write notes

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 04/08/2025

Happy Owl Awareness Day! This is my watercolour painting from 2018 showing a barn owl trying to tempt an antechinus with a piece of cheesecake… I know that I could be tempted with cheesecake so I figured it could work for antechinus too…

A watercolour painting showing a barn owl standing over a yellow teaset and cake plate with a slice of passion fruit cheesecake on it with a little native antechinus (often mistaken for a mouse) looking up at the owl

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 27/07/2025

Cold and blustery today. Luckily I have a lap limpet to keep me warm.

Shows a close up of a Burmese cat on a lap with a blurry colourful painting in the background

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 17/07/2025

If you see this, post a vampire!

It is a photo of The Count from Sesame Street

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 17/07/2025

Today’s work in progress… still a lot of work needs to be done especially on his foot holding the teacup, but I feel it is suitably silly, especially with the “pinky” in the air What have you been working on today?

Shows an unfinished watercolour portrait painting of a bush turkey holding a teacup with an orange swirly paisley pattern. The claw holding the teacup has his pinky out and his yellow ruff looks like a fabulous scarf or designer jewellery

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 14/07/2025

“Introducing Froger Moore as James Pond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Tea Service” Watercolour on handmade paper Work in progress

Shows a small square watercolour painting of a brown Peron’s tree frog climbing over the side of a teacup and saucer with butterflies on it

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 12/07/2025

Edwina the echidna was already contemplating her second coffee before she had even finished her first… Work in progress

Shows an almost finished whimsical watercolour painting of an echidna sitting up holding a pretty teacup with a spiky pattern on it. The echidna has sleepy looking eyes

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 10/06/2025

Finishing off some colourful pieces on this cold grey day…

Showing three colourful watercolour paintings of birds and precarious stacks of porcelain on my desk, all very close to being finished

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 01/06/2025

Happy belated World Parrot Day! Can’t believe I am fashionably late to the celebration… as you can probably tell, I am a bit of a parrot fan, all birds really…

A watercolour painting of a blue and white tulipiere (Dutch tulip vase) with parrot tulips and lots of different Australian native parrots

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 21/05/2025

A cold grey rainy day here, perfect weather for tomato soup! Hopefully you won’t have to share it with twelve apostlebirds… Last Supper Watercolour on handmade paper

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 09/05/2025

Almost done, a few more shadows, maybe an extra wren or two and this precarious precious piece is finished… The next one will feature the critically endangered regent honeyeater as these paintings are about the fragility of things and the delicate balance which holds everything in check

Shows an almost finished colourful watercolour of pretty porcelain tea pots and cups stacked precariously with little birds, superb wrens perched everywhere as they are curious little creatures

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Denise Faulkner @denisefaulkner.art · 05/05/2025

A flock of flighty finches perched on a precarious pile of precious porcelain Watercolour on handmade paper

A watercolour painting of blue and white tea things all stacked awkwardly on top of each other with little finches perched all over it

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