Robert E Fuller: In my own words | Early life
Early years I was born in 1972, and moved at the age of two to Great Givendale in East Yorkshire, not far from where I still live today. My father,...
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Robert E Fuller: In my own words | Early life
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Trail Cam Photography
I'm often asked how I get to know the subjects in my paintings so well and the answer is that I spend a lot of time watching them. To help...
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Nest Box Wars Begin Again
UPDATE: Since witing this blog post I captured this incredible footage of a tawny owl and a barn owl fighting over a nest site. Watch how the barn owl stands...
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A Sparrowhawk in the Studio!
I was sitting at my easel putting the final touches to this kestrel painting when a greenfinch flew through the open studio door with a sparrowhawk hot on its heels!...
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New Beginnings
I came across this barn owl chick on a road side this week. Poor thing had fallen out of its nest and was desperately flapping away to no effect! I...
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Standing on top of an otter's holt!
I had one of the most incredible sightings of otters during a trip to the Ardurmurchan Peninsula on west coast of Scotland this summer. I was staying on the shores of Loch Sunart, a sea...
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My first attempt at photographing Pine Martens in the Ardurmurchan
Earlier in the summer of 2014 I went to the west coast of Scotland to try to photograph pine martens. The cottage I stayed in, Dunlachlan Cottage in Strontian, is well-known...
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Swallows in my porch
Each Spring I look forward to the arrival of the swallows to my garden. They usually nest in the front porch of my house. This year they arrived on cue...
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Weekend Wildlife Watching
This weekend I travelled down to the Bird Fair at Rutland Water to meet the BBC Wildlife editorial team. I have been producing local patch reports of the wildlife around...
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Tawny Owls: Tough Love
One of this year's young I've been watching the tawny owl chicks mature over the season. They arereaching maturing now and virtually indistinguishable from the adults.The feathers on the backs...
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Fotherdale Stoats: Watching Stoats In My Garden
I've been watching a family of stoats in my garden and I've managed to get some great photographs which I plan to use as studies for mypaintings.I first spotted the...
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Painting a kestrel in flight
Remember the kestrel chicks I was watching via nest cam? Well they have now all fledged successfully and are coming into the garden daily to feed. I tie mice or...
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Barn Owl Chicks Fledge
The five barn owl chicks I have been studying have now all fledged. I have watched these chicks via nest cams from the moment the first egg was laid and...
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Tawny Owl Chicks
The pair of tawny owls that feed in my garden every night have begun to bring their chicks to the bird table and this week I had all eight at...
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Goodbye Galapagos
They say all good things come to an end and today my three-week long exhibition on the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands draws to a close. But before I pack...
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Painting Galapagos
My video studies for the paintings below are among the most interesting of my footage from Galapagos. These are magnificent frigate birds. During the breeding season the males puff out...
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Framing Flamingos
Flamingos are rare in The Galapagos Islands, so when I came across some greater flamingos feeding in a brackish lagoon I felt very privileged. I spent some time trying to...
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Land Iguanas
The best place to spot land iguanas on The Galapagos Islands is on Santa Cruz Island up the aptly named, Dragon Hill. Santa Cruz is abeautiful island and the day...
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Galapagos Penguin Finds its Wings
Galapagos penguins are endemic to the archipelago and are very different to those found in South Georgia. I have tried to capture their endearing nature in my painting above. But...
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Galapagos Conservation Trust and Barn Owls in the Galapagos
Normally my wildlife studies inform my paintings,but when my research took me to The Galapagos Islands in May I was asked by the Galapagos Conservation Trust to bring back photographsfor...
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Sea Lion Hunt
Although sea lions are not unique to The Galapagos, they are really prolific here. Nearly every beach you come to is crowded with them and at Puerto Villamil they even...
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Waved Albatross
Among the most incredible sightings I had on Galapagos was when I went to see the world's only waved albatross breeding colony. These beautiful birds only nest on one island...
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Super Dad Diego
Now that my exhibition is finally underway, I can put down my paintbrushes and at last begin the series of blog posts on my trip to the Galapagos I promised.I...
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Drawing for Darwin - Just 12 days to go!
I've been so busy finishing a new collection of paintings inspired by my journey to the Galapagos for my summer exhibition which opens on June 21st at my gallery at Thixendale....
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Bedraggled Tawny Owls
I know I should be posting moreon Galapagos and I promise I will but last week the tawny owl chicks got caughtout in the rain and I just had to...
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Catching up with old friends!
My trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands wasspectacular. But despite enjoying once-in-a-lifetime experiences such asswimming with sea lions and walking with giant tortoises it was so nice to beback!...
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Condor Flyby
I saw so much that took my breath away during my tour of Ecuadorand the Galapagos Islands it’s difficult to know where to start when it comesto relating my best...
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Some very precious eggs
Remember my post of March 3rd about thebarn owl pair I was supplement feeding? Well the good news isthat they have laid six eggs, the last of which was laid...
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Kestrels: A different sort of Easter Egg
I’m not really into watching the television, but this week Ihave been glued to the box. I’ve set up CCTV cameras in a kestrel nest box andit has had me...
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Little owls settle in to newly renovated home
The Yorkshire Wolds is great ‘little owl’ country and I love to paint these charismatic owls. Yet, acold spring last year and freezing conditions which were so severe for theprevious...
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A Farm-tastic Week
I took my two daughters to the farm I grew up on inGreat Givendale and showed them the barn where cattle feed is kept. They werefascinated at all the different...
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Clan Take Over: New boar on the block
I've just seen a new boar at the badger sett I visit. He seems to have taken over the clan.I saw him for the first time last week as I was sitting...
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An evening with the badgers
Most evenings I visit a badger sett close to my gallery in Thixendale, North Yorkshire. Over the years they have accepted me as one of the clan. As I walked...
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A Good Hare Day
It’s Mad March Hare month again - my favourite time to spot boxinghares in the fields. Although there are no shortages of them here on theYorkshire Wolds, to get photographs good enough...
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Nest Box Wars Commence!
Spring is in the air and nest box 'wars' have begun. I've been following the antics of a pair of kestrels and a pair of tawny owls from my studio window for...
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Sketching Buzzards
I sketched these buzzards someyears ago. They make such nice subjects to paint. But recently I've been fascinated by a pair circling in thevalley below my studio and decided it...
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New BBC Wildlife Local Patch Reporter!
Hello, I’m delighted to introduce myself as a new local patch reporter for BBC Wildlife Magazine. I am a wildlife artist and will be bringing you a painter’s perspective on...
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Adorable badger cubs playing as they head out with mum
The way these badger cubs playfully chase each other round and round as they muck about outside the entrance to their sett is adorable - I think you'll agree!I filmed...
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A prickly painting model
Remember the hedgehog I rescued last winter? I grew so fond of him I decided to put him to work as a model. This painting of him posing in a...
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Summery touches
My paintbrushes have been flying as I get a new series finished for my winter exhibition which opens on November 9th. I don't know whether it was the rain setting...
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Setting the Scene
Like all portrait artists, I like my subjects to pose within an artfully arranged backdrop but since my foci are so very shy it can be tricky to get them...
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Elephant Watch 2014
Just wanted to share some of the pictures from the safari I led to Kenya last month. These are from Samburu's Elephant Watch Camp. This magical place is run by...
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Barn owls are back on the Yorkshire Wolds after almost disappearing from our skies completely
Earlier this month after undergoing surgery at York hospital, I came round from the general anaesthetic to see two nurses smiling down at me. I questioned them why they’d woken...
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Broody Pheasant Joins the Family
A pheasant hen decided to bring up her brood right on the doorstep last month. I fed her on mealworms and before she ran to gobble them up she would...
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Barn Owls Bow Out
My summer exhibition is now over. The barn owls worked their magic and people flocked to see them. Now it's time for them to take a bow and say good...
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Looking for owls
My summer exhibition is in full swing and people seem to be really enjoying the new paintings of barn owls. Tomorrow night I will be giving a talk about the...
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Saving hedgehogs to help the State of Nation
This month I released the young hedgehogs I found in the garden last winter. They didn't know quite what to make of the garden and spent some time sheltered by...
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Beautiful Barn Owls Headline Summer Exhibition.
These paintings and limited edition prints of barn owls are among a 'barn owl extravaganza' to go show at my summer exhibition, which runs from June 1-16th. There will also...
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Getting sheep dogs back to work
This smiley-faced dog is one of the chief instructors at a York-based training centre for abandoned and unwanted border collies who will be visiting the gallery next Sunday. He reminds...
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Summer Exhibition will Showcase Barn Owl Paintings
I need to get this painting of a barn owl finished in time for my summer exhibition which opens on June 1st. I photographed it at each stage of the...
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Wildflower meadow for National Gardening Week
This week is National Gardening Week and I'm planting a wild flower meadow in recognition. Of course I also want to attract lots of birds, insects and butterflies to the garden...
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