Collage on paper 90x70cms, paper size Another member of the beguiling Corvid family, and, like the crows and ravens, also known for its intelligence and problem-solving abilities. Collage seems to give them the extra heft they deserve: this one is made from hand cut paper pieces in all the blues and blacks and greys that make up the feather colours.
Rook Collage Collage on paper 90x70cms (paper size) Framed This Rook collage is made from a variety of coloured paper pieces - blues, greys, blacks, built up over several layers to create the feather patterns and the bone structure underneath. I start with a drawing and this one comes from a week I spent on the island of Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
Sanderling Pastel on paper Sanderlings are found at the very water's edge on the sea shore. They hang about in groups and every time I move in close to them they rise up and then land again a few tantalising feet away. When they are standing at rest, they often look as if they are crossing their legs. They are very funny. Pastel 86x66cms framed UK shipping is £70.00. Please contact me for international rates. More…
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…
I was hiking in the Lake District last year and came across these beautiful Herdwick sheep. Tightly wrapped in their pale woolly coats against the winter cold.
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.
I love foxes and am very pleased to introduce The Fox Box. Each of the eight images is taken from a series of fox portraits that I have made over the years - from my garden, from the city streets and from the countryside.
