My winter exhibition opens on Saturday, but in case you live too far to visit, here is a selection of the original paintings going on show.
Red Stag of Studley Royal
Original Acrylic Painting £3450
Framed Size: 23.5″ x 18.75″ Image Size: 9.25″x 13.5″
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Proud Partridge
Original Acrylic Painting £2,950
Framed Size: 22.5″ x 17.75″ Image Size: 8.25″x 12.5″
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I love it when it snows. I like to watch how wildlife copes with the white-out as food becomes scarce. Red-legged Partridges seem to peck at anything above the show – to see if it’s edible. Click here to buy
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Black Grouse
Original Acrylic Painting £2,150
Image Size: 10″ x 7
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I think watching black grouse performing their courtship dance is one of the most spectacular wildlife encounters that you can have in the UK. They perform this dramatic display on a designated area known as a ‘lek.’ I have been especially lucky to have been able to watch it right on the edge of the lek itself, hidden inside a small hide. Click here to buy.
Tawny Owl Chicks
Original Acrylic Painting £7,950
Framed Size: 41.5″ x 34″ Image Size: 28.75″ x 21.25″
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Every year I use my pair of local tawny owls as surrogate parents for owlets that have been handed in to rescue centres. Some years this pair has raised up to 10 chicks, which I supplement feed in my garden. They land on this particular branch on the edge of my garden at dusk every night. Click here to buy.
Barn Owl in Elm Stump
Original Acrylic Painting £6,550
Framed Size: 29″ x 33.5″. Image Size: 17.5″ x 21.25″
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I put this old elm stump into a tree near my house to make a natural nest box. Kestrels and tawny owls have used it in the past to nest in but 2015 was the first year in which a barn owl used it. The male barn owl overthrew a pair of kestrels which were planning to nest there. It was an hour-long battle but the barn owl won. This is the female which arrived two hours after the male’s fight with the kestre. It was very interesting watching the barn owls meeting for the first time. Click here to buy.
Hare in Snow NOW SOLD
Original Acrylic Painting Image Size: 7.5″ x 5.75″
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I was just heading back to my car after a long day photographing hares. The sun was low in the sky, giving the surrounding snow a warm glow. I decided to leave the hare small in the picture to give it a sense of scale.
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Colourful Kingfisher NOW SOLD
Original Oil Painting
Framed Size: 13.75″ x 17″ Image Size: 8″ x 11″
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I spent three years studying kingfishers along a stream. I positioned a hide up stream of the nest and tempted them closer by putting small fish in a tank in the stream. One year the pair raised three colourful broods!
Black
Fox NOW SOLD
Original
Oil Painting
Framed Size: 27.75″ x 22″ Image Size:
13″x18.5″ |
Curlew in Meadow NOW SOLD
Original Acrylic Painting
Framed Size: 23.5″ x 16″ Image Size: 6.5″ x 13.5″
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Curlew and Chicks NOW SOLD Original Acrylic Painting Framed Size: 23″ x 20″ Image Size: 11.75″ x 8″ |
Goldfinch at a Nest NOW SOLD Original Acrylic Painting Framed Size: 14.75″ x 18.75″ Image Size: 9″ x 13″ |
Little Owls Original Acrylic Painting £2490Image Size: 10.5″ x 7.5″ |
As I watched one evening, a chick rushed out of the hole under the log and pounced onto a beetle whilst the others looked on. The way their tilted their heads to locate their prey was so funny to watch. This owl quickly polished off the beetles; to the envy of his siblings, who were still dependent on the food their parents brought them. Click here to buy.
Sparring Sparrowhawks NOW SOLD Original Acrylic Painting Framed Size 30.5″ x 31.5″ Image Size: 17″ x 17″ |
Black Rhino Original Acrylic Painting £2750 Framed Size: 25.5″ x 21″ Image Size: 15″ x 10.5″ There is usually a dramatic moment or two when I go to Africa and this was one of them. I spotted this black rhino in the distance walking across a plain of Etosha National Park in Namibia. I set off on a 30km detour to see if i could photograph it coming towards me. I got there just in time, but when it heard the engine of the landcruiser it broke into a fast trot, heading straight for my car. It veered off at the last moment, just before it got to me – phew! Click here to buy. |
Chaffinch on Blackthorn Blossom Original Acrylic Painting £2750Framed Size: 16.5″ x 24″ Image Size: 6.25″ x 12.5″ |
Courting Frigate Birds Original Acrylic Painting £3,450 Framed Size: 26″ x 26″ Image Size: 12.25″ x 12.25″ |
Galapagos Penguins Original Acrylic Painting £3,450 Framed Size: 26″ x 26″ Image Size: 12.25″ x 12.25″ |
Giant Tortoise: Super Diego Original Acrylic Painting £3,450Framed Size: 26″ x 26″ Image Size: 12.25″ x 12.25″ |
King of Savute Original Oil Painting £8,950 Framed size: 37″ x 29″ |