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Lambing time
It's that time of year again!! So the other weekend saw me in East Lancashire
visiting my cousins newly born lambs. Some of them were only just a week old!!
The sun shone on this glorious Spring day, though I have to say the wind was
a bit chilly and I think I felt it more than the lambs who just appear to love life.
I haven't painted any of these lambs yet but you can see some of last years lambs
paintings on the Available Work page.
Didn't need a long lens for this one
CATTLE SHOWS
We are in the middle of quite a busy calendar of events during July and I’ve made a first visit to the Great Yorkshire Show
which I thoroughly enjoyed. Photos available shortly. Tomorrow I’m visiting one of my favourite shows if the
weather allows as it is local – Great Eccleston Agricultural Show.
Following on immediately after is the Royal Welsh and I’m intending to do a couple of
days there so I’m hoping the weather will be kind as I’ve booked my accommodation in advance.
ART IN THE PEN
Again I have been fortunate to have been selected to take part in this event and I will be there on the preview evening which is Friday 13th (oooer) August and then for the duration of the weekend. It’s at the Cattle Market at Skipton in North Yorkshire. See their website for full details: http://www.artinthepen.org.uk/HOME.html
NEWA
I have been fortunate to have had work selected for the National Exhibition of Wildlife Art after an absence of a couple of years.
This painting, in oil on board is “The Opportunists” and depicts two lionesses I saw early one morning in Kenya.
You can follow the progress on my blog page to see how the painting developed.
The exhibition runs from 16th July – 1st August 2010. I attended the preview evening on Thursday 15th July
and had a chance to catch up with customers and artist friends.
It was a very busy night with red dots appearing constantly and great to see so many sales.
See their website for more details which also includes an online catalogue:
on the easel
This is currently sitting on my easel and depicts a snoozing calf from one of my Scotland trips. You can see the acrylic underpainting I’ve started before I begin the finished piece in oil. It is painted on a box canvas measuring 12” x 12” and I’m intending to show it at Art in the Pen next month.
