* Artist in Residence

Couleur Decor Society

With a French Gallery and Society, Couleur Decor, http://www.couleur-decor.org, I was immersed within Pyrenean landscape, the Fauves legacy and the Catalan culture.

Drawings and Painting early 2009-03-30

These are some drawings and a copy of a snow leopard painting done during early  2009.There are some views of Vernet les Bains, Pyrenees Orientales, France which I have sketched in order to paint for my gallery. Also, there are some drawings of a European lynx that was found here until 10 years ago in the Canigou massif. There are plans for re-introduction so I am imagining how they used to live.

 

 

  

During a visit to Marwell we all fell in love with Tamsin, their 15 year old snow leopard and I am doing drawings and paintings for the Wildlife Artists show there later this year.

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It has been rewarding to do a residency with WDCS in the Moray Firth. Whales and Dolphins have always filled me with a sense of wonder as the creatures who kept the banana boat company when I was evacuated, during the Biafran War, to Liverpool.

Situated in Scotland, I was working amongst dedicated staff and in an interesting environment.  During my residence I developed a large study of the cetaceans that are living along the coastline. This work is now being reproduced for their store to raise funds.

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* Studies of Parrots found at Tropical Birdland, 2008

 

 

Military Macaws set in the wooded ravines of the Barranca de Cobre, Sierra Madre Occidental, South America. 

 

 

Blue and Gold Macaws in the Maurita flexuosa palm

 

 

Umbrella Cockatoos

 

 

Ring Necked Parakeets in Tamarisk shurbs, Himalayas

 

contact me for availability of the original canvases or as prints in a limited edition of 50.

Many thanks to the following;

Craig Brough, Information Services Librarian Library, Art & Archives Royal Botanic Kew Gardens.

Tropical Birdland, Lindridge lane, Desford, Leicester, LE9 9GN tel. 01455 824603 www.tropicalbirdland.com

Parrots of the World J. M. Forshaw, T.F.H.Publications (info on habitat)

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* Pyrenees 2008

These mountains continue to enthrall and the donkey project continues with 2 weeks spent on location making studies of the one found at the little exquisite village of Evol. This rapidly disappearing animal could again become economical to use them instead of tractors especially on the steep slopes of this mountainous region.

I have felt a strong similarity between these mountains and the Hindu Kush and Himalaya Mountains of my childhood.

 

 

 

The oil on canvas studies are available from Gallerie Couleur Decor, 5 Boulevard Clemenceau 66820, Vernet les Bains, France  

contact@couleur-decor.org  

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Some of my work is also exhibited in Turkey

 Mizyal Art Centre (Mizyal Sanat Evi)

Ali Cavus Sener Cd. No: 18/B

27010 Gaziantep Turkey (Turkiye)

Tel: +90532 356 98 84

Email: mizyal@hotmail.com

( Located near the mosaics museum)