A new painting in ikon form of a raptor from sub-Saharan Africa. This remarkable bird has been trapped, not in mist nets or traps, but in pigments and gesso by the artist.
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Warbler and Pyx
Every bird is essentially an elaborate container of life, like us however there is perhaps a more subtle dimension out of the reach of science. Some species in particular have a quality of voice, behaviour or plumage particularly suggestive of this, and a painting of the Subalpine Warbler seeks to illustrate the case.
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Picus viridis
The Green Woodpecker is a ground-feeding bird with a distinctive call and dramatic plumage. This simple watercolour depicts a female bird in winter and seeks to express something of its characteristically alert ground posture and rather unnerving glare.
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The Blue Fort
Some places live long in the memory. In a corner of East Sussex is the remarkable cinque port of Rye and on the lonely marshes of Winchelsea, Camber Castle which is the subject of this watercolour.
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Carol
On the day of the Winter Solstice: a poem to be read, sung or said for Christmas.
Whilst the words refer to the middle east, the room I had in mind could equally be now, nearby, and familiar to you.
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