summer show

Watercolour and Gouache original painting of Blue Barley and SkyFog by RAG Davies

Hi there It’s been a busy Spring and early summer and a hot one too! The new catalogue of prints from all my artist friends has taken some time to produce but it is out now and available for £8 here and I have…

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wild Gannet

In these stressful days when everybody is worried about paying their bills and getting by in a crazy world it is good to know that kindness to wild creatures exists.. When you travel on your own you tend to meet more people, interesting people….

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“Orla” the Barn Owl

it’s funny how injured raptors seem to know to find their way to Ffion Rees, and then to the ‘hawk hotel’!  We are now caring for “Orla” a beautiful Barn Owl that was found on the Croes Goch road (where there have been a…

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autumn colours

it’s amazing how the colours change quickly after rains the yellows of summer are green again some of the orange remains, and the bracken has turned deep russet rooks and jackdaws working out in the greening stubble beech and maples are igniting the woodlands…

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vultures vultures vultures

WHY I PAINT VULTURES AND WHY I AM SUPPORTING THREE VULTURE CONSERVATION PROJECTS WHERE HAS CONSERVATION MONEY GONE TO? TO RHINOS, ELEPHANTS, PRIMATES, BIG CATS, THE BIG AND HAIRY CONSERVATION, GLAMSERVATION!! DO VULTURES HAVE A PRETTY FACE I BELIEVE VULTURES ARE BEAUTIFUL AND MAGNIFICENT…

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late summer colours

a view from the harvested barley fields at Trecenny to Penberi.  So nice not to have to do greens at this time of year! so dry the tawny grasses feel a bit like they should have guinea fowl in them

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Eagle and the Salmon

Acrylic painting of Eagle and Salmon by Rob Davies

I wanted the eagle to be life size.  The White-tailed Sea Eagle is a huge eagle, often referred to as flying barn doors. This worries some people, why would we want an eagle that big back in our landscape, wont it carry off lambs,…

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