I’d like to share this update of the Ako Project, an environmental education initiative in Madagascar. I’ve been working on commissions for the Ako Project since 2007 and the second page shows the four posters I have created thus far. They’re being distributed to primary schools around the country. I have a deep fascination for …
I drew these while I was staying at my parents house in Fife. I like to sketch people when they’re concentrating on something, although it doesn’t always lead to the most flattering portrait. My Dad was drawing leaves while I was drawing him – he’s taking a botanical art course at the Royal Botanic Garden …
Painted in watercolour and gouache. I was watching Futurama recently and noticed that in the future it is flocks of owls, rather than pigeons, which gather in the city streets. I’m looking forward to this. I’m fairly sure I saw a long eared owl in a forestry plantation near my parent’s house in Fife, Scotland, …
Monoprints are created by covering a sheet of paper with paint, then pressing another sheet on top and drawing or scratching it. Like when using carbon paper, the drawing is then transferred onto the back. I made this just because I had some spare paint, but it reminded me that actually it can be a …
I’ve been working hard to finish some bird paintings for my series Flocks and Shoals. However, last week I found out that the restaurant/gallery where I was due to exhibit in early April is closing, so I’m considering my options. We also had some very good news – Johnny was offered, and has accepted, a …
This drawing depicts a family of beech martens, Martes foina, eating our car, a Skoda Felicia. Few people back home in Scotland believe me, but this is a genuine and frequently ocurring hazard encountered here in Vienna, and apparently in much of Europe – see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beech_Marten Beech martens are actually only the size of large …
In winter the Alte Donau is covered with flocks of birds – black headed gulls, mute swans, coot, crows and Canada geese. Its really quite stunning, particularly when the lake is frozen and back-lit by the afternoon sun. I go there to walk Ashby and to photograph the birds – for quite some time I’ve …