Giant and Fairy Armadillos (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 22" x 7" (560mm x 190mm)
Date: 1984
Code: LongArmadillo
This is the unique original Gouache painting by Bernard Long.
The Giant Armadillo lives in swampy areas of South America. Precise numbers are not known but it is thought the numbers are in serious decline and the animal could face extinction. They can weigh over 30Kg.
The Pink Fairy Armadillo lives in sandy arid areas of Argentina and is the smallest of the family, it weighs only about 120g and is also in danger of extinction due to farming. They do not survive in captivity.
This unexpectedly charming and unusual painting was originally published as pages 20/21 of Strange and Curious Creatures y Bernard Long and Rupert Oliver.
- Artist BiographyBernard Long (born 1926)
Bernard Long was an accomplished British book illustrator and comic book artist. Long was a contributor to Jack & Jill, drawing the light-hearted adventures of Fliptail the Otter in around 1970, and to the Jack & Jill and Teddy Bear annuals. He was an extraordinarily talented and reliable contributor to many Amalgamated Press/ Fleetway/ IPC titles and the Young Telegraph during the 1990s.
He was an exceptionally good nature artist and it seems very likely he contributed to various educational magazines as well as nursery comics. It is thought that he contributed to Look and Learn in the late 1960s and back page artwork for Fun-To-Do in later years, for which information I should thank David Slinn, who recalls that Long was "quietly efficient, very reliable and, as a result, somewhat taken for granted."
His extensive bibliography includes:
Prehistoric Animals, by Rupert Oliver (London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1982 ISBN 0-340-27165-5)
Prehistoric Man, by Rupert Oliver (London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1983 ISBN 0-340-28608-3)
Dinosaurs, by Rupert Oliver (London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1983 ISBN 0-340-28609-1)
Strange and Curious Creatures, by Rupert Oliver (London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1984 ISBN 0-340-34718-X)
Monster Mysteries, by Rupert Matthews (Hove, Wayland, 1988 ISBN 1-85210-354-X)
Lost Treasures, by John Wright (Hove, Wayland, 1989 ISBN 1-85210-357-4)
Victorian Children, by Anne Steel (Hove, Wayland, 1989 ISBN 1-85210-816-9)
Egyptian Farmers, by Jim Kerr (Hove, Wayland, 1990 ISBN 1-85210-906-8)
The First Settlements, by Rupert Matthews (Hove, Wayland, 1990 ISBN 1-85210-769-3)[1]
Greek Cities, by Barry Steel (Hove, Wayland, 1990 ISBN 1-85210-778-2)
Plague and Fire, by Rhoda Nottridge (Hove, Wayland, 1990 ISBN 0-7502-0048-0)
Forests, by Michael Chinery (London, Kingfisher, 1992 ISBN 0-86272-915-7)
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