'Delightful' bird paintings by Susan Lester to be celebrated in the book that nearly never was

 When media magnate Edmund Rouse was embroiled in a political scandal and jailed for attempted bribery in 1989, it sent his businesses into turmoil.

One lesser-known victim of Rouse's demise was budding artist Susan Lester, who was commissioned by the businessman to paint 200 detailed Tasmanian birds to be published as a special two-volume book to mark 150 years of The Examiner Newspaper.

It was a huge task, one that would take four years of Lester's life, and would launch her career from an emerging self-taught hobby painter to a professional artist.

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-21/tasmanian-bird-artist-susan-lester-to-be-published/100839134



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