Film | Painting King Penguins | Wildlife Art
Watch the process as I complete a new painting featuring a pair of king penguins. See how I go from inspirational sightings of king penguins in South Georgia to finished...
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Film | Painting King Penguins | Wildlife Art
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A rare sight on the Wolds
On a walk this morning I saw a Corn Bunting singing his socks off on the top of a hawthorn tree. His song is a bit like a yellow hammer's...
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Success!
So far the exhibition has been a great success. I have sold seven out of the eight new original pictures that I painted especially for the exhibition and every day...
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I/Eye is alright
A few blogs ago you may remember that the male tawny owl that visits my bird table each night had acquired a serious injury to his eye. Just to let...
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What's the difference?
I had an interesting comment about the difference between the song of the corn bunting and the yellowhammer. This chap's Beverley cornbunting had got a bit mixed up! See the...
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Sparrowhawk Attack
It's always interesting at an exhibition to see which original painting causes the biggest stir. I was surprised to see that it was this one of a Sparrowhawk and Woodpecker....
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That's all Folks!
It's the last day of my exhibition today and I'm really pleased how it's gone. We've had nearly 3000 visitors to this remote spot on the Yorkshire Wolds and it's...
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New Kids on the Block
You'll remember the tale about my poor male tawny owl's eye. See below. Well no need to worry as three new models appeared on the boundary of my garden last...
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Hockney at Fotherdale
This is the view that David Hockney chose to paint of the Wolds & guess who's house is featured on it... mine!! BBC did a documentary on him painting the...
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A Young Presenter
I was delighted to meet George Till, who is 8, at my gallery. He's been following my work closely and is a big fan of my owl paintings! George had...
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Candid Camera
A friend of mine works as a researcher for the Central Science Laboratory in Sand Hutton. She is currently working on a project tracking the movements of wild boards in...
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Raising funds to help birds on the Wolds
This year I used my exhibition to raise funds for a new conservation project that I'm planning. Nest Boxes on the Wolds will involve building and putting up nesting boxes...
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What to paint next
I'm always keen to hear about which animal or bird people would like me to paint next.This summer, during my exhibition, I thought I'd ask. I printed a questionnaire onto...
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Devoted Parents
The family of tawny owls that feed from my garden bird table each night are growing up quickly.I have learned a lot about how devoted parent tawny owls can be...
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A Duck for FERA
The government has launched a new Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) which is to be based at the Central Science Laboratory here in Yorkshire.To mark the new facility, the...
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Let it Grow!
This week I saw a kestrel hovering over a patch of long grass on a roadside verge that, until this year, was kept cropped. It was heartening to see. This...
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Basic Instincts
Our natural instincts tend to be utterly reliable. But every so often they can drive us to do astonishing things.Take the kestrel I watched feed its greatest rival the other...
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Midas Touch
Apparently my paintbrushes are charmed!I gave a set of them to a visitor to one of my exhibitions two years ago after she expressed an interest in what type of...
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Dust Off!
As I was watching a partridge dusting in a shallow bowl it had dug for itself in the garden this morning, a group of sparrows suddently flew in and began...
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Lily the artist?
My daughter Lily was one last week. So this week Lily and my wife, Victoria, have been painting the thank you cards. I advised Lily that she was best doing...
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A fresh start!
My bees are heading to the North Yorkshire Moors next weekend to (hopefully) make me some heather honey. So this weekend I have been getting ready for their departure. They've...
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Hare Weaning
Recently a customer of mine sent me a photograph of leverets suckling when they were almost the same size as the doe. Usually leverets are weaned after about four weeks....
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Birds eating strange things!
I have been watching wrens in my porch this summer. I kept seeing them bringing in a large grub-like insect that I did not recognise.Then the wren disappeared into a...
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Well I never!
I've had a few unusual sighting this week. First I spotted a common lizard running across the road just down the road from my house - I've never seen a...
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Up, up and away
Kermit the Kestrel returned to Fotherdale after a month to be released in the wild. Jean Thorpe has been looking after him and has done a great job keeping him...
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WWF rocks!
I've put together a calendar of my paintings with the excellent charity WWF this year. I'm really pleased with the way that the calendar has turned out & I was...
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Fern in training
I've got a pet owl called Fern. He's been in flying training the last few weeks & is doing great. He loves to fly about over the Wolds. (Especially when...
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Masai Mara Migration
Sorry I've been a bit quiet on the blog front of late. The reason is that I'm IN THE MASAI MARA! It's one of my favourite places in the world...
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Bonny Birmingham
Whilst Robert's away he's asked me to keep you abreast of gallery news. So as he stalks lions across the savannah, I've been in bonny Birmingham running a trade stall...
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Golf a go-go
Bit of a shock to learn on my return from Kenya that one of my places to photograph wildlife has been turned into a golfing range.The NEC in Birmingham is...
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Look out for osprey
Now's the time to look out for osprey. These magnificent birds often stop off at lakes or ponds in this area as they make the 3,600 mile journey to West...
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Nest Boxes Go Up On The Wolds
I have been busy putting up nest boxes on farmland across the Yorkshrie Wolds after we raised £287 in a raffle at my summer exhibition. The money will fund 28...
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Badgers in Colour
I've started working on a series of paintings of badgers for my Christmas exhibition, which opens on November 14th and runs until November 29th.Well, actually I've been working on the...
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Drawin' Darwin
We're having a Drawin' Darwin day at the gallery on Saturday, October 17th.Happily, we have now secured sponsorship from the quality pencil manufacturer, Derwent, for the art materials. Now all...
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Facebook - I'm on!
Hi there. Thought you'd be interested to know that I've made myself a page on Facebook. If you want to follow my adventures on Facebook too click here. Or log...
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Lean Times
Bring on the rain! Don't know whether I brought the drought with me from the Masai Mara, but after a wet summer we seem to be having a drastically dry...
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Lappet Man
Whilst it is spectacular to see a kill, the aftermath can be just as interesting. The day I watched a lappet-faced vulture take on some 35 rivals, plus a jackal,...
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An Invitation For You...
I've just picked up the invitations to my Christmas Exhibition which opens on November 14th. Click here for your own copy.It was a bumper collection. The latest edition of my...
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Big Draw
The gallery has just hosted a week of Big Draw events. Some 60 school children, including those picture above from Ampleforth College and, below, from Pocklington School attended intensive drawing...
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Swans- a-swimming
I've just finished these two in time for the Christmas Exhibition. Don't know how they'll go down, they're a little different to my usual painting style.
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Badgers in Colour
I've finished the first painting in my new 'badger' series (see above) and have begun the second (see below). I was going to build up the background with layers, but...
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The Painting Bug
Sorry I've been offline for a little while - the thing is I've caught the painting bug. My wife Victoria & baby daughter Lily have been away and its been...
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Wildlife Rocks
I've been frantically sifting through my record collection this week after being invited in to BBC Radio York's Scarborough studios for a 'Desert Island Discs'-style interview. It proved quite hard...
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BBC Radio York interview
Thought you might like to hear my interview on Radio York click here to hear it
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Badgers vs. the world
Well it seems like I've stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest by doing a special focus on badgers. I mean I know Damien Hirst and co are controversial...
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Seals a pupping
I've been so busy getting ready for the Christmas Exhibition this month that I haven't had time to make it over to Donna Nook in Lincolnshire to watch the seals...
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Sneak Preview of Exhibition
My Christmas Exhibition opens on Saturday and these are the new original paintings that will be hanging on the gallery walls. If you would like any more information on any...
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Putting down the paintbrushes
I've only just finished my last painting of a blue tit and can put my paintbrushes down at last - just in time for my Christmas exhibition which opens tomorrow...
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Badger Delight
Badgers have captivated me since I was 14 and from the comments from my exhibition so far it seems that people are fond of the old brock too. It has...
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Special Visitors to the Exhibition
Some bullfinches have begun to devour the honeysuckle berries outside my studio window. Isn't this one stunning? If you missed my live interview with Helen Philpot for BBC Radio Humberside...
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Farmstay visits!
We had a party of 53 here yesterday from Farm Stay UK. They were holding their AGM at nearby Life Hill Farm B&B in Sledmere and decided to break up...
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