Crows are everywhere, crows are scavengers, crows are intelligent, crows are tricksters. Who has not been entertained by hilarious Crow antics? Where there are scraps, there are crows. Re-reading Darwin's Origin of Species, I was struck by how dismayed he would be at the loss of so many species. This bird - made as it is of many different types of feathers and on a background of pages from Darwin's book - reminds me of all…
To my great delight this summer, shrews have been coming into the studio while the door is open (along with birds, bees, butterflies and dragon flies.) I hope this means I have a healthy population of them in my garden. Pastel 42x29.5cms Unframed
I love watching the new fledglings emerge in the spring, learning to fly, learning to be grown ups. And charcoal really shows the layers and shapes of the feathers. 56x76cm Charcoal on paper Framed
The Black Isle is a peninsula north of Inverness with gentle rolling fields, forests, beautiful coastlines and wildlife in abundance. Acrylic 25.5 x 24cm Framed.
