Sibley labored for five years--one hour per illustration--painting every bird himself.

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It's multi-touch capabilities also provide users the option to quickly and easily rotate canvases on screen using gestures, perfect for illustration, sketching and painting.

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Covering painting, photography, drawing and illustration, the exhibition can be seen as a microcosm of a thriving alternative scene that sits somewhere between mainstream gallery collections and the artwork that decorates coffee shop walls around the city.

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Whereas Mr Keane used the equipment of the journalist the camera and the camcorder, Mr Howson reached into his imagination, painting actions that he did not witness (see illustration) but which he hoped would shock people into an awareness of what war means: boredom, confusion, horror and fear.

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The stories come in order of composition, with dates, and in three sections, each of them flagged by a quietly resonant illustration (a view of the planet from outer space, a heavily restored classical fresco, a painting of a spectral cadaver).

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