ʻAlalā Love, Limited Edition, Giclée by Caren Loebel-Fried.
‘Alalā Love, by Caren Loebel-Fried, is a limited edition fine art print from an original hand-pulled, hand-colored block print that was created in July 2018 for the Hawaii Island Festival of Birds. The materials used in this museum quality print are all of the highest quality, printed on acid-free, 100% cotton paper, using archival, pigment-based inks.
‘Alalā, the Hawaiian crow, is 18-20″, with black feathers tinged in brown. The last of the wild alala were found on the southwest slope of Mauna Loa in South Kona, Hawaii at 4,000 to 6,000 feet. The crows traveled in family groups eating fruit, the eggs and young of other birds, nectar, seeds, insects, and dead animals. Now extinct in the wild, a captive breeding program at Keauhou Bird Conservation Center promises a hopeful future for Hawaiian crows.
‘Alalā Love was inspired by a photo taken by Jack Jeffrey in 1999. This Hawaiian crow pair is thought to be the last remaining couple in the wild. At McCandless Ranch, where a few wild alala remained, Jack found this couple during a quiet time together, allo-preening and grooming each other.
You can learn more about Caren and her artistic process here.
