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Title: Tawny Owl Size: 280 x 408 mm 11x16 Medium: Watercolour on Paper Style: Realistic Date: 2007-02-20 Price: Sold Information: The subject was a captive bird at Birdworld in Hampshire. Sketches were made directly from observation, photographs were taken and later used to continue the painting. The branch was painted directly from life, as was the lady bird on the branch. A side view was preferred as I wanted to create a sense of movement but without using a in-flight position. The Ladybird creates some additional interest, colour and further enhances a sense of direction. There is no background because I like the viewer to focus on the subject without any distraction of a background. |
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Title: Snowy Owl Size: 300 x 408mm 113/4 x 161/2 Medium: Watercolour on Paper Style: Realistic Date: 2007-02-20 Price: Sold Information: The client wanted an owl but left to me to decide which, so after a visit to Birdworld in Hampshire were I sketched and photographed many owls I decided to paint the dramaticly coloured Snowy Owl. A large rock was found in a local field for the owl to stand on. These birds in their natural habitat have very few perches and are often seen on the ground as in the painting. |
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Title: Whinchat Medium: Watercolour on Paper Style: Realistic Date: 2007-02-20 Price: Sold |
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Title: Long Eared Owl Medium: Watercolour on Paper Style: Realistic Date: 2007-02-20 Price: Sold |
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Title: Lost Connection Size: 1.5 x 1.2m Medium: Oil on canvas Style: Impressionist Date: 2009-07-16 Price: £3500.00 Information: Title; Lost connection Medium; Oil on canvas Style; Impressionist Size; 1.5 x1.2m A man is walking a dog early in the morning, the sun is streaming through the trees casting long golden shafts of light, a Robin sits on a branch making the most beautiful song but the man does not hear it becuase he is talking on a mobile phone and only partialy conscious of the beauty that surrounds him. He is completely unaware of all the wild animals that live there and are aware of his presence, standing still to watch this alien to thier world, wondering what he will do! Lost connection is about our ever increasing distance from nature and all the wonders and magic that exist as part of that. It is about how we "visit" natural places to see them, but are no longer part of them, and how we actualy only see a fraction of what's really there. |