It has been a while since posting my latest work, gratefully it has been non-stop and a lot of my work has been sold or was a commission piece. I had some wood art pieces on show and for sale at Birdscapes Gallery in Glandford Norfolk, I was very pleased to of sold 5 of the 7 pieces there indeed.
So lets get onto what I have been painting. Firstly I did a couple of works of a bird I saw along at Salthouse last year, a Stejneger's Stonechat which had to await a DNA result to confirm it was of this species, a real rarity of a bird with only a few records for the country.
I next painted a quick portrait of a great bird seen in my own village, a Richards Pipit.
It was straight back to dog portraits again, with a 2nd Sussex Spaniel for the same owner as the previous one and then a Springer Spaniel due to so many people asking for a card design of one.
I then ventured back to using cut pieces of wood with bark edging. Because I did so well at the Birdscapes Gallery I now needed to get some more work completed to replace them.
This first small piece is of a Bank Vole.
This is a bigger piece of a Red Kite, the shape of the wings fitted just right around the knot.
This Kingfisher was snapped up straight away when I had finished it.
The Grey Partridge was a tricky one with its complicated wing feathering.
Back to Kingfishers again, this was a bigger piece than the last one, I set about making it look perched on the knot.
Bringing me now to my latest finished piece, a commission piece of a Robin painted on a specific piece of wood supplied by Anne & Ivan whom commissioned me to do it, so different and fun painting on the wood, and I have lots of prepped wood to carry on with more.
