Rob's birds

20-11-1930 12-01-2014

The following paintings were made by my father, Rob Kamerling.
He was left handed and was forced to write and draw with his right hand as a kid. Despite that he therefore has always felt awkward, he has continued to do so throughout his life. When he had to paint a door, he used his left hand though... I've always admired the fact that he, although left handed, was able to write and paint with his right hand. In his youth, they used to say; "There is no dry bread to earn in painting, learn a profession!" And so it happened. He studied medicine. A doctors' handwriting, he already had ... Until his retirement in 1990 he worked as a psychiatrist and neurologist and in his free time he was a hobby-ornithologist, and liked to paint with oils. After his retirement, he had more time to immerse himself in his hobbies and here is the result.

Bird Paintings by Rob Kamerling

He mostly painted his favorite topic 'birds' in such a way that they appeared enlarged in the surrounding landscape. Most of these paintings are painted in oil on panels of 24x30 cm.

If you are interested in one of my father's paintings, please contact me at: +31(0)0341-554979 / +31(0)6-22501731 or by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

A part of the proceeds from sales of his work go to 'BirdLife Netherlands'.

• "Common snipes" "Common snipes"
• "Cranes" "Cranes"
• "Common terns" "Common terns"
• "Canadian geese" "Canadian geese"
• "Grey wagtails and kingfisher" "Grey wagtails and kingfisher"
• "Sea eagle and cormorants" "Sea eagle and cormorants"
• "Ruff" "Ruff"
• "Osprey" "Osprey"
• "Sociable lapwing" "Sociable lapwing"
• "Short-eared owl" "Short-eared owl"
• "Pied avocets" "Pied avocets"
• "Flamingos" "Flamingos"
• "Red-breasted flycatcher" "Red-breasted flycatcher"
• "Frigates" "Frigates"
• "Cuckoo" "Cuckoo"
• "Little egret" "Little egret"
• "Rain cerluws" "Rain cerluws"
• "Osprey" "Osprey"
• "Black redstart" "Black redstart"
• "Great grey shrike" "Great grey shrike"
• "Puffins" "Puffins"
• "Southern yellow-billed hornbill" "Southern yellow-billed hornbill"
• "Bluethroat" "Bluethroat"
• "Northern gannet" "Northern gannet"
• "Hoopoe birds" "Hoopoe birds"
• "Storks" "Storks"
• "Bohemian waxwings" "Bohemian waxwings"
• "Red crossbills" "Red crossbills"
• "Water rail" "Water rail"
• "Great blue herons" "Great blue herons"
• "Black-crowned night heron" "Black-crowned night heron"
• "Common buzzards" "Common buzzards"
• "Western marsh harrier" "Western marsh harrier"
• "Eurasian bittern" "Eurasian bittern"
• "Red kite" "Red kite"
• "Purple heron" "Purple heron"
• "Kingfisher" "Kingfisher"
• "Brant geese" "Brant geese"
• "Blue rock thrush" "Blue rock thrush"
• "Eurasian hobbies" "Eurasian hobbies"
• "Common eiders" "Common eiders"
• "Common goldeneyes" "Common goldeneyes"
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• "Common tern fending common buzzard" "Common tern fending common buzzard"
• "Pied avocets attacking great blue heron" "Pied avocets attacking great blue heron"
• "Rough-legged buzzard" "Rough-legged buzzard"
• "Little terns" "Little terns"
• "Helmeted guineafowls (West African)" "Helmeted guineafowls (West African)"
• "Eurasian sparrowhawk" "Eurasian sparrowhawk"
• "Common snipes" "Common snipes"
• "Hummingbird" "Hummingbird"
• "Smews" "Smews"
• "Fieldfare" "Fieldfare"
• "Mallards" "Mallards"
• "Merlin" "Merlin"
• "Great crested grebes" "Great crested grebes"
• "Short-toed snake eagle" "Short-toed snake eagle"
• "Red kites" "Red kites"
• "Rooks" "Rooks"
• "Smews" "Smews"
• "Common rosefinch" "Common rosefinch"
• "Bullfinches" "Bullfinches"
• "European nightjar" "European nightjar"
• "Hawfinch" "Hawfinch"
• "Sea eagle and northern lapwings" "Sea eagle and northern lapwings"
• "Carrion Crow" "Carrion Crow"
• "European golden plovers" "European golden plovers"
• "European rollers" "European rollers"
• "Common bulbuls" "Common bulbuls"
• "Eurasian wigeons" "Eurasian wigeons"
• "Red-billed choughs (La Palma)" "Red-billed choughs (La Palma)"
• "Hooded crows" "Hooded crows"
• "Eurasian sparrowhawk" "Eurasian sparrowhawk"
• "Spoonbills" "Spoonbills"
• "Hen Harrier" "Hen Harrier"
• "Common mergansers" "Common mergansers"
• "Black-legged kittiwakes" "Black-legged kittiwakes"
• "Yellow-legged gulls" "Yellow-legged gulls"
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