:Jeremy Boot

{{Short description|Australian wildlife artist (born 1948)}}

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Jeremy Boot (born 1948) is a South Australian wildlife artist, known particularly for detailed, ornithologically accurate, portraits of birds.

Boot was born in Java and arrived in Australia in 1949. He is a self-taught artist{{cite book|author=Max Germaine |title=Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand |publisher=Lansdowne Editions |year=1979 |isbn=0868320196}}

His work has been reproduced a great number of times on playing cards, calendars, notepads, china plates and other high quality media, including limited edition art prints.

Publications

  • {{cite book|title=The Birds of Victoria and Where to Find Them |author=W. Roy Wheeler |others=illustrated by Jeremy Boot |publisher=Nelson |year=1980 |isbn=9780170053228 |pages=173pp.}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110579767 |title=Useful for birdwatchers but not a field guide |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=54 |issue=16,229 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=2 March 1980 |accessdate=22 February 2022 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}
  • {{cite book|title=Nocturnal Birds of Australia |author1=Richard Schodde |author2=Ian J. Mason |others=illustrated by Jeremy Boot |publisher=Nelson |year=1982 |pages=136pp.}}
  • {{cite book |title=Birds of South Australia |author= Shane Parker |others=illustrated by Jeremy Boot |year=1985 |isbn=0958961905 |pages=56pp.}} foreword by Sir Mark Oliphant.
  • {{cite book|title=The Art Of Jeremy Boot — A Collection of Twenty Eight Colour Paintings |author=Jeremy Boot |year=2011 |isbn=0646560573 }} also marketed as Birds of Australia

References