Recently we went to the National Exhibitionof Wildlife Art at Gordale Nursery. It was, as usual, of the highest
standard. My favourite paintings were of
Autumn Otters by W Geoff Rollinson and some butterfly ones set in Hampshire by
Richard Tratt.
Autumn Otters by W Geoff Rollinson
Geoff is an entirely self-taught
artist. He was born in Lancashire and his early working life was as a
gamekeeper and seeing wildlife in its different seasons, has helped him
considerably with his paintings. He finds
acrylic and gouache paint are his favourite media for the detail in his work
which is his trademark. Geoff's paintings
cover all aspects of the Countryside, from Birds to Butterflies, from
Landscapes to Livestock, also Dogs, etc. Geoff's website has a brilliant print of a shire horse.
Shire Horse by W Geoff Rollinson
One of the other exhibitors was Jordan
Price and we met him a week or so later at Royden Park where he explained to us
how he did his excellent graphite artwork.
It was quite fascinating and I am
tempted to have a go some time.
This is a Red who is available as a
print from Jordan’s website.
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Great work, love the shire horses.
ReplyDeleteIt always amazes me to see artists as they work.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! I love shire horses in real life, but the squirrel is so perfect, too - it looks as if it is about to skip off after it has had a good look at you.
ReplyDeleteGoing back to have a much better look at what was a lovely exhibition was something I forgot to do. Ah well. Next year....
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