“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…
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…
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
Fresh West
this was a watercolour of the spectators at the juniors surf championship, Freshwater West
Eagle and the Salmon
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,…
work in progress in the paint shed!
Bluebells were great this year at Middle Mill, Solva, Pembs… oil painting in the making
Green Kalahari
In February 2025 the stars aligned.. I realised I needed to get my son Laurie to my favourite place on the planet, the Kalahari, specifically Nossob Camp. And we needed to be there the last week in Feb or first week in March which…
New exhibition ‘ Springtime’ to open 18th April at The Natural Gallery
‘Springtime’, a new landscape and wildlife art exhibition celebrating the beauty of the natural world, opens Friday, 18th April, at The Natural Gallery, Rookwood Studios, Solva. I will be showing my work in this new group exhibition alongside 17 talented artists, illustrators and photographers….