The Natural Eye 2021

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SWLA THE NATURAL EYE 58th Annual Exhibition

The Society of Wildlife Artists seeks to generate appreciation and delight in the natural world through all forms of fine art inspired by the world’s wildlife

14th to the 24th of October 2021 Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1 Browse & Buy at www.mallgalleries.org.uk/swla

Harriet Mead PSWLA Fork Feathered Raven Welded found objects

SWLA President’s Foreword

Welcome to The Natural Eye, the 58th annual exhibition of the Society of Wildlife Artists.

Like many, I did not venture into London for the show last year, which was cut short by further restrictions, so I am thrilled that we can welcome more people to the galleries and enjoy the art in person. Viewing pieces online has been a godsend but it cannot compare to experiencing them for real and I missed seeing our guests and artists. Being amongst such talented and inspiring artists is always a delight.

The ability to observe and appreciate the natural world is the backbone of the SWLA. For years we have encouraged people to notice and delight in the smaller, less impressive creatures that are often overlooked. Urban and city landscapes are home to nature, though it might be found in the shadow of buildings or beside busy roads rather than framed by rolling countryside.

The lockdown forced most of us to stay very close to home and put a stop to so much that we took for granted. For many, daily exercise became an important activity and nurtured a new appreciation of nature and of green spaces that could be found within a short walk from our homes. Social media became populated with photos of insects and birds from new enthusiasts and birdwatching boomed. The pandemic meant that we slowed down and looked. Observation and curiosity are so important as it leads to understanding and empathy. I really hope that this newfound connection with nature flourishes.

Unsurprisingly a couple of planned projects (Wadden Sea and Bursary places on the John Busby Seabird Drawing Course) have been postponed, but several SWLA artists have spent time up on the beautiful west coast of Scotland visiting the Argyll Coasts and Islands Hope Spot. This was set up to celebrate the marine world of this extraordinary rich and diverse area. Artists donned wetsuits and snorkels to observe, experience and be inspired by what they saw. A display of some of the resulting work is on show and more information can be found on our website.

A very important part of the SWLA is the bursary scheme. Set up to nurture new and existing artists, we are very pleased to announce three recipients for their own individual projects this year. The projects are ongoing but information and examples of their project work are on display with links to more in depth articles on our website. Funds to support our bursaries are raised through various activities including the SWLA Friends Scheme. Do visit our website to find out how to join and learn more about the benefits of becoming a Friend.

As ever I would like to thank all the sponsors of prizes and awards this year for their continued support.

Harriet Mead President

SWLA Overview PRESIDENT Harriet Mead VICE-PRESIDENT

Bruce Pearson

PAST-PRESIDENTS

Robert Gillmor, Andrew Stock, Bruce Pearson

SECRETARY John Foker TREASURER Max Angus COUNCIL

Julia Manning, Jane Smith, Andrew Stock, Christopher Wallbank, Ben Woodhams

FBA TRUSTEE Nik Pollard NEWSLETTER EDITOR

John Foker

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Tim Baldwin

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John Foker, Fieldfares - Winter orchard

SWLA HISTORY In the late 1950s the original work of wildlife artists was not readily available to the ever-growing numbers of people developing an interest in natural history. With the formation of a Society very much in mind, Robert Gillmor and Eric Ennion, with the enthusiastic support of Peter Scott and Keith Shackleton, organised an Exhibition

by Contemporary Bird Painters which wasopened by Lord Alanbroke in the Reading Art Gallery in 1960. Maurice Bradshaw, then Director of the Art Exhibition Bureau, joined the Organising Committee and, as a result, the Bureau took the exhibition on tour for a year. The great interest shown by provincial galleries extended the tour for a further year. During this period the organisers were joined by R.B. TalbotKelly and Maurice Wilson to plan a Society and invite Founder-Members. James Fisher opened the inaugural Exhibition of the Society of Wildlife Artists at 6 ½ Suffolk Street in August 1964.

For more information on the SWLA including how to submit work, visit www.swla.co.uk

Chris Rose SWLA Mountain Hare Oil

The Natural Eye Bursary The SWLA are delighted to announce that The Natural Eye Bursaries for 2021 have been awarded to artists Adrien Brun, Georgina Coburn and Ibby Lanfear.

With awards of up to £750 available, applicants were required to provide a written outline of the bursary project they would carry out if successful. The diversity of proposals impressed our selection panel and it was encouraging to see that during this past year many applicants have been discovering, or re-discovering their fascination with a natural world found close to home.

Adrien Brun’s bursary project focuses on the wildlife of his newly adopted home country of Norway. He is interested in what he calls Norway’s ‘wild, close and yet unknown’ nature. His aim is to use his artwork to raise awareness about the country’s wildlife and wilderness among the many members of the population who already enjoy the great outdoors for recreational activities and sport. His project will be centred on creating observational drawing and painting of wildlife in the field, first close to home and then through a series of backcountry expeditions. Ultimately he proposes to exhibit his work across a network of DNT huts, which are hostels used by walkers, climbers and other outdoor enthusiasts in Norway.

During the start of the lockdown, Georgina Coburn developed a new appreciation for the green spaces of her home city of Inverness and began to observe and draw the wildlife she encountered on her daily walks along the Caledonian Canal. Georgina’s project aims to develop these drawings, along with work made nearby at River Ness and Merkinch Nature Reserve into a series of stone lithography prints. The bursary will in part enable Georgina to gain experience and tuition in this fascinating method of printing at The Highland Print Studio in Inverness.

Ibby Lanfear’s bursary award will enable her to embark on a longterm study of a family of barn owls, resident in a disused building on an organic farm. Ibby’s project will document the annual cycle of the owls’ lives through a collation of various data. This will include dissected owl pellets, the contents of which will be drawn and painted on oak panels prepared using pigments made of soil collected from the surrounding fields. By observing her subject in this way over a period of 16 months, Ibby will aim to tell a story of the barn owls’ yearly existence in relation to the surrounding environment, recorded on 16 oak panels.

You’ll be able to see work by these artists in the Annual Exhibition, and the completed projects online at www.swla.co.uk Adrien Brun Grey-headed Woodpecker Georgina Coburn Mute Swans, Caledonian Canal Ibby Lanfear Crane Fly

SWLA Friends The SWLA Friends scheme encourages involvement from people who have an interest in art and the natural world. Funds raised from the Friends’ support will help to ensure that the SWLA continues to offer bursaries and opportunities for young and emerging artists and enables the Society to explore new relationships between artists and conservation organisations. In the 25 years since its inception our Bursary scheme has awarded over 80 bursaries to artists who have needed support with a project or help with new skills and techniques for their artistic development.

We offer places on the Seabird Drawing Course which is a marvellous way of mentoring artists during an intense course of field working.

In addition we accept applications for general bursary proposals from individuals who need help with specific projects.

The BTO/SWLA Flight Lines, the Wadden Sea and the Argyll Coasts and Islands Hope Spot projects are recent collaborations that show how artists can work with other organisations to help bring conservation and research stories to a much wider audience. With your support we can expand on these opportunities and increase our projects so that the enthusiasm, expertise and talents of our artists go even further.

Become a Friend of the SWLA and not only will you be helping to nurture artists inspired by the natural world you will also enjoy the following privileges: 1. Attend the private view of the annual exhibition and enjoy the ‘Meet the Artists’ drinks reception 2. Free entry to the annual exhibition, free catalogue, also admits a guest 3. Receive a quarterly Friends E-Newsletter and a printed annual review The Natural Notebook 4. Friends will be entered into a ballot where a proportion of the subscriptions will be devoted to the purchase of a work from the annual exhibition. The successful Friend will be told the amount available (currently £250) and invited to select a piece from the show 5. Opportunity to take part in studio visits of member artists 6. Receive discounts on events, workshops and courses offered by the SWLA To become a Friend of the Society or to make a donation please visit www.swla.co.uk or email swlafriends@gmail.com

Jane Smith SWLA Garden Goldfinches Screen print

The Decline of Eels Julia Manning SWLA As a Somerset printmaker I was invited to join nine other artists on a project entitled ‘Somerset’s Brilliant Coast’ funded

by Somerset Wildlife Trust and Hinkley C Nuclear Power station. Learning about our coastline with a Marine Biologist, a Geologist and other experts to educate us has been a joyous learning experience.

Last year I was wondering about what aspect I could cover when quite by chance I met Andy Don, an International Eel expert.

Having lived close to the River Parrett in the early 80s I knew a bit about eels and the elver fishing that went on, but I had no idea of the amazing story and history of this fish.

I had found my subject!

Andy is a Fellow of the Institute of Fisheries Management amongst other things, and a font of knowledge about his specialism, eels. He has been my mentor, feeding me the latest scientific information and the reasons why they have dramatically declined over the last forty years. They are a great barometer for the wider environment I read all I could about them and started to look with new vision at my local environment of the Somerset Levels, the rivers heading out into the estuary of Bridgwater Bay and the Bristol Channel.

I could not believe that the dramatic saga of eels was unfolding annually on my doorstep. I felt compelled to tell their story in print, to make an audience aware of what we may be losing due to man-made structures, such as weirs and dams, pumping stations, hydropower plants, and large intakes like Hinkley Point power station! Then there is Climate Change – altering the way that the ocean currents operate, novel parasites, and the ubiquitous issue of plastics in our watercourses and oceans.

Lockdown gave me the opportunity to experiment with printmaking, to create in print, my interpretation of the eel story, happening in real time month by month in my local rivers and coastline. I walked with a sketch book, capturing the environment the eels passed through on their migration to and from the Sargasso Sea.

from The Decline of Eels series

SWLA Outstanding Contribution to Art and Nature Award One of the few positive effects from the pandemic is that the value of creativity and the benefits of the natural world have come into sharp focus. Lockdown curtailed the ‘normal life’ for so many and people who may not have had time to notice suddenly realised that nature was on their doorstep. Even those of us who are already inspired and heartened by nature have become greatly more aware of its importance.

It is during such times that one has time to consider and get a perspective on what is important within our lives and the SWLA Council is no exception. With this in mind, the Society of Wildlife Artists would like to acknowledge the huge contribution that Robert Gillmor has made to art and nature not only through founding and being President of the SWLA but through a myriad of other associations with charities and conservation bodies.

The body of work that Robert has put into The Natural Eye this year shows his determination to continue to create outstanding art even if it required using a different approach to achieve it. He is truly an inspiration.

The SWLA Outstanding Contribution to Art and Nature Award will be bestowed to others in the future no doubt but we can confidently say that as the first recipient Robert will be a very hard act to follow.

Robert Gillmor MBE is an extraordinary man. As an artist, he is an undisputed master in his chosen field, yet his achievements go far further than the maker of beautiful illustrations, paintings and prints. In a career that fledged in the 1950s and still flies high in 2021, his endeavours for nearly seventy years have encompassed the worlds of ornithology, conservation and art. His contributions to many conservation organisations and to the ornithological and art communities nationwide have been immeasurable. His efforts to promote and encourage natural history-themed art have made a lasting impact and have shaped the visions of future generations, and his contribution to wildlife art in Britain is unparalleled.

Robert has illustrated over 150 books and his work has set new standards. He was at the fore in establishing the Society of Wildlife Artists in 1964, and he has served its interests continually since.

As President, he guided the Society towards becoming a charity and establishing a bursary scheme for young artists.

Robert has served on the councils of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and the British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU), and has received the highest awards from all three organisations for services to ornithology and bird conservation.

Read more about Robert’s impressive career at www.swla.co.uk

Robert Gillmor PPSWLA MBE Heron and Eel Ringed Plover quartet Screenprints

John Hatton ASWLA Puffin duo Linocut Louise Scammell ASWLA The cunning Cuttlefish Mokulito & relief print

John Dobbs SWLA NEAC Bengal Tiger Oil Esther Tyson SWLA Winter Sparrow Oil

Dafila Scott SWLA Scarce Chaser, Wicken Fen Pastel

Robert Greenhalf SWLA Shelducks and Godwits Oil Adam Binder SWLA Pair of Puffins Bronze

Simon Griffiths SWLA Fox Ceramic

Christopher Wallbank SWLA Sleeping Eider Crèche, 17th June Watercolour

Richard Allen SWLA Among the boulders, Wheatear Oil David Bennett SWLA Otter and Perch Watercolour Chris Sinden SWLA Moonlight forager Linocut

Brin Edwards SWLA Blackbirds with Crab Apples Oil

Daniel Cole SWLA Ringed Plovers Oil

Jill Moger SWLA Insatiable - Young Cuckoo and Reed Warbler Semi porcelain, copper, silver & other wires Wynona Legg ASWLA Bordered Orb-weavers on the coast path I Ink & paint marker Federico Gemma SWLA Sardinian Warbler perched on budding branches of a wild Pear Watercolour Darren Woodhead SWLA House Sparrow trio on Hydrangea twists Watercolour

Richard Tratt SWLA Dark Green Fritillaries Oil

Richard Jarvis SWLA Blackbird and Primroses Linocut John Threlfall SWLA Fulmar Pastel

Carry Akroyd SWLA Great Tits Serigraph

Andrew Stock SWLA Pebble Ridge Oil

Nick Mackman SWLA Midday malaise, Wild Dog Ceramic Max Angus SWLA Sea Buckthorn Linocut

Kittie Jones SWLA Kittiwakes around the Cleaver Pastel & pencil Ben Woodhams SWLA Backlit Greylags and ducks Watercolour

Andrew Haslen SWLA Hare and Suffolk flints Oil

Lisa Hooper ASWLA Hungry birds Reduction linocut Michael Warren SWLA Yellow Wagtails Watercolour

Bruce Pearson VPSWLA Southern Ocean Relief print

1

Carry Akroyd SWLA Butterflies Serigraph (ed. of 6) £380 (£275 u/f)

2 Forest edge Acrylic £2,750 3

Goldcrests Serigraph (ed. of 5) £325 (£195 u/f)

4

Great Tits Serigraph (ed. of 6) £325 (£195 u/f)

5

Heathland Serigraph (ed. of 6) £380 (£275 u/f)

6

Hobby Serigraph (ed. of 8) £325 (£195 u/f)

7 Watching the evening miracle Acrylic £3,200 8

Wigeon Serigraph (ed. of 5) £325 (£195 u/f)

Richard Allen SWLA 9 Among the boulders, Wheatear Oil £495

12 Lapwing gathering Oil £1,350

23

13

Red-throated Divers Linocut (ed. of 50) £145 (£95 u/f)

24 St Margaret’s Cliffs Oil £1,800

14

Ring Ouzel Linocut (ed. of 50) £145 (£95 u/f)

25

Where marsh knits with salt Linocut (ed. of 30) £320 (£250 u/f)

15

Wheatear Linocut (ed. of 50) £145 (£95 u/f)

16

White-tailed Eagle Linocut (ed. of 50) £145 (£95 u/f)

26

Casey Banwell Protection Cold cast bronze with patination £2,500 (ed. of 25)

Laura Andrew 17 Bullfinch Oil £800 18 Kingfisher in Willow Oil £1,750

Max Angus SWLA 19 A time for everything

Woodcut (ed. of 30)

£270 (£200 u/f) 20

Calling Curlews Linocut (ed. of 28) £270 (£200 u/f)

10 Avocets on the tideline Oil £1,350

21

Lockdown trees Linocut & serigraph (ed. of 17) £320 (£250 u/f)

11 Coming to roost, Lapwings Oil £895

22 Rock Pipit Acrylic £750

Sea Buckthorn Linocut (ed. of 24) £270 (£200 u/f)

David Bennett SWLA 27 Blackbirds and Sloes Watercolour £725 28 Calling Corn Bunting and Yellow

Wagtails in Hawthorn Blossom Watercolour £750 29 Calling Curlew and Hare Watercolour £740 30 Fieldfare and Apples Watercolour £725 31 Hunting Barn Owl Watercolour £715 32 Kingfisher in Hogweed Watercolour £715 33 Little Owlet in Walnut tree Watercolour £750

David Bennett SWLA 34 Otter and Perch Watercolour £715

Adam Binder SWLA 35 Kingfisher

Bronze (ed. of 24) £2,500 36 Pair of Otters

Bronze (ed. of 12) £11,000 37 Pair of Puffins

Bronze (ed. of 18) £5,500 38 Two Kingfishers

Bronze (ed. of 18) £3,600 39 Two Long Tailed Tits

Bronze (ed. of 24) £3,500 40 Two Sparrows (in a frame)

Bronze (ed. of 12) £4,750

Marco Brodde ASWLA 41 Black Tern series I

Mixed media £500 42 Black Tern series II

Mixed media £500 43 Black Tern series III

Mixed media £500 44 Black Tern series IV

Mixed media £500

45 Black Tern series V

Mixed media £650

55 Woodlouse Stone £800

Sheila Chapman 46 Goosanders, East Lothian

Watercolour, graphite & coloured pencil £600

Daniel Cole SWLA 56 Ringed Plovers Oil £400

Evgeny Chubatyy 47 Salmon

Wood (thuja) £2,000

Colette Clegg 48 Topi with upside down trees

Acrylic, collage & drawing on

wood panel £1,295

Fiona Clucas SWLA 49 Egret, Silverdale Shore

Mixed media £295 50 High Summer on the moss, Brigsteer

Mixed media £895

57 Wrens Oil £400

Robert Cook 58 Sandstone sanctuary Oil £2,500 59 Staying close Oil £1,800

Ann Dangerfield 60 Rooks in Winter

Acrylic & crayon £425

51 Meadow Brown and Ragged

Robin Oil £750

John Dobbs SWLA NEAC 61 Bengal Tiger Oil £850

62 Elephant calf Oil £800

52 Through a meadow Oil £750

63 Etosha Lion Oil £750

53 Waders, Silverdale Shore

Mixed media £295

64 Lioness Oil £1,200

Anine Cockwell-De Jong 54 Armadillo Stone £1,600

65 Standing Wild Dog Oil £750

66 Tiger tales Oil £1,200 67 Urban Fox Oil £1,500 68 Wild Dog Oil £800

Yang Dong 69 Ibex - At the top of the mountains

Bronze (ed. of 8) £10,000

Brin Edwards SWLA 76 Abandoned orchard - Barn Owl

with Ragwort Oil £2,950 77 Blackbirds with Crab Apples Oil £1,795 78 Brents at Shotley Oil £895 79 Five Choughs on the Lizard Oil £1,750

Barry van Dusen SWLA 70 Chestnut-sided Warbler in

flowering Oaks Watercolour £395

80 Great Crested Grebes with

Yellow Water Lilies and Banded Demoiselles Oil £2,450

71 Horned Larks at Clinton Watercolour £495

81 Swallow field - Onions and Barley Oil £2,750

72 Least Sandpiper studies Watercolour £375 73 Northern Parula in Apple

Blossom Watercolour £495 74 Prairie Warbler in Honeysuckle Watercolour £395 75 Young Redtail at Bolton Flats Watercolour £595

82 Wildflower meadow Oil £2,450

Victoria Edwards SWLA 83 Superb Starlings serenade

Oil, graphite & colour pencils £600

John Foker SWLA 84 Fieldfares - Winter orchard Oil £980 85 Firecrest Acrylic £420

86 Lapwings and Starlings in a blue

field Oil £850 87 Lipwingle Oil £480 88 Six Goldfinches Oil £980 89 The earthmovers Oil £1,100 90 Woodpecker on the Apple tree Acrylic £460

Jo Garlick 91 Swan 2 Pastel £450

Federico Gemma SWLA 92 Blue Tit perched in a flowering

Apple tree Watercolour £680 93 Eurasian Blackcap perched

among the Ivy Watercolour £640 94 Pied Flycatcher among brambles Watercolour £640 95 Sardinian Warbler perched on

budding branches of a wild Pear Watercolour £640

96

Robert Gillmor PPSWLA MBE Avocet fly-past Screenprint (ed. of 36) £350 (£300 u/f)

97

Heron and Eel Screenprint (ed. of 32) £350 (£300 u/f)

98

Peewits alarmed Screenprint (ed. of 38) £350 (£300 u/f)

99

Preening Stilts Screenprint (ed. of 36) £350 (£300 u/f)

100 Ringed Plover quartet

Screenprint (ed. of 32)

£350 (£300 u/f)

107 Lapwings and Oystercatchers Oil £540 108 Lapwings, evening light Oil £890 109 New arrivals Oil £540 110 Shelducks and Godwits Oil £540 111 Terns, Avocets and a Shelduck Oil £540

101 Shelduck siesta

Screenprint (ed. of 35)

£350 (£300 u/f)

Simon Griffiths SWLA 112 Barn Owl

High fired ceramic £700

102 Spoonbill pair

Screenprint (ed. of 36)

£350 (£300 u/f)

113 Chime of Wrens Ceramic £250

103 Turnstone

Screenprint (ed. of 35)

£350 (£300 u/f)

114 Curlew Ceramic £650

Robert Greenhalf SWLA 104 Avocets and Ringed Plovers Oil £890

115 Fox Ceramic £1,400

105 Five Lapwings Oil £540 106 Godwits and Sand Martins Oil £540

116 Goldfinch Ceramic £200 117 Kestrel Ceramic £750 118 Nuthatch Ceramic £250

Michelle Hall 119 Diving Otter

Bronze (ed. of 25) £6,950 120 Natterjack Toad

Bronze (ed. of 50) £550

Jane Harlington 121 Low tide, Builnacraig Linocut £250

122

Jack Haslam Walrus Aquatint / etching (ed. of 3) £300 (£240 u/f)

Andrew Haslen SWLA 123 Goosander and Dunlin Oil £2,750 124 Hare and Suffolk flints Oil £1,800 125 Nightjar Oil £1,800 126 Spoonbill Oil £2,750 127 Spotted Redshank hunting Oil £1,800 128 Spring snowfall Oil £2,750 129 Summer garden Oil £7,500

130 Woodchat Shrike and Hoopoe Oil £2,750

141 Hungry birds

Reduction linocut (ed. of 18)

£450 (£380 u/f)

151 Whimbrel at 2-Mile landing

Japanese woodblock (ed. of 10)

£215 (£185 u/f)

John Hatton ASWLA Curlews and molehills Linocut (ed. of 15) £240 (£200 u/f)

142 Sandwich Terns II

Reduction linocut (ed. of 22)

£400 (£350 u/f)

152

131

132 Last of the Windfalls

Linocut (ed. of 15)

£280 (£240 u/f) 133 Plovers on the Strand

Linocut (ed. of 18)

£240 (£200 u/f)

143 Small Copper

Etching (ed. of 20)

£375 (£300 u/f) 144 Sumburgh

Reduction linocut (ed. of 18)

£350 (£290 u/f)

Richard Jarvis SWLA Autumn Stonechat Linocut (ed. of 16) £125 (£95 u/f)

153 Blackbird and Primroses

Linocut (ed. of 16)

£125 (£95 u/f) 154 Cuckoo, Caterpillar and Curlews

Linocut & watercolour

£125 (£95 u/f) (ed. of 20)

134 Puffin duo

Linocut (ed. of 17)

£280 (£240 u/f)

Polly Hosp 145 Rainy season blues I Monotype £475

135 Shelducks feeding

Linocut (ed. of 12)

£380 (£330 u/f)

146 The jewels in Africa’s crown I Monotype £350

156 Fox and Fieldfares

Linocut & watercolour

£125 (£95 u/f) (ed. of 18)

136 Swimming Eiders

Linocut (ed. of 12)

£280 (£240 u/f)

147 The jewels in Africa’s crown II Monotype £350

157 Redwing, Rowan and Ravens

Linocut & watercolour

£125 (£95 u/f) (ed. of 20)

Martin Hayward-Harris 137 Bowhead Whale

Yew wood £1,200

Nye Hughes 148 Cliff scene with Guillemots,

Kittiwakes and Razorbill, St

Abbs Head Watercolour £890

158 Starling and Swifts

Linocut & watercolour

£125 (£95 u/f) (ed. of 20)

Kaye Hodges 138 Crab Molt with necklace of

bubbles

Graphite & pastel £220

139

Lisa Hooper ASWLA Brent Geese, Port William Reduction linocut (ed. of 14) £450 (£380 u/f)

140 Encounter

Reduction linocut (ed. of 14)

£350 (£290 u/f)

149 Juvenile Kittiwakes, St Abbs Head Watercolour £980

150

Ken Januski Red Knots and Laughing Gulls at Reeds Beach Japanese woodblock (ed. of 16) £225 (£190 u/f)

155 Dunnock and Dandelion

Linocut & watercolour

£125 (£95 u/f) (ed. of 20)

159 Underwing and Umbellifer

Linocut & watercolour

£125 (£95 u/f) (ed. of 20)

Richard Johnson SWLA 160 Male Garganey - Lakenheath Watercolour £650 161 Morning Curlew - Cley Watercolour £950

Richard Johnson SWLA 162 Short-eared Owl’s mid-morning

hunt - Burwell Watercolour £795 163 Wren - Horningsea Watercolour £425

Kittie Jones SWLA 164 Brooding Guillemots

Pastel, charcoal & graphite £895 165 Eider group Monotype £795 166 Gannet flight

Screenprint (ed. of 17)

£310 (£210 u/f) 167 Guillemot cluster

Pastel, graphite, ink & gouache £850 168 House Martins around the Cleaver

Pastel, coloured pencil & charcoal £850 169 Kittiwake flight

Pastel & coloured pencil £895 170 Kittiwakes around the Cleaver

Pastel & pencil £895

Wynona Legg ASWLA 171 Bordered Orb-weavers on the

coast path I

Ink & paint marker £550

172 Bordered Orb-weavers on the

coast path II

Ink & paint marker £550

182 The decline of Eels No 2: Escapement

Woodcut, lino & stencils

£980 (£780 u/f) (ed. of 6)

173 Coast path bordered Orb-

weavers: Web repairs

Ink & paint marker £500

174 Fennel visitors

Ink, gouache & paint marker £450

183

175 Fly studies

Mixed media £450 176 Wrapped to go: Garden spider

Mixed media £550

Nick Mackman SWLA 177 Flaked, Wild Dog Ceramic £2,750 178 Midday malaise, Wild Dog Ceramic £2,750 179 Midday malaise, Wild Dog 2 Ceramic £2,750 180 Pangolin

Bronze (ed. of 9) £7,995

181

Julia Manning SWLA The decline of Eels No 1: Yellow Eels Woodcut, lino & stencils £980 (£780 u/f) (ed. of 6)

The decline of Eels No 3: Sushi Survivor Woodcut, lino & stencils £980 (£780 u/f) (ed. of 6)

184 The decline of Eels No 4:

Passing through Burnham on Sea

Woodcut, lino & stencils

£980 (£780 u/f) (ed. of 7) 185

The decline of Eels No 5: Westward Ho! Woodcut, lino & stencils £980 (£780 u/f) (ed. of 20)

186

The decline of Eels No 6: Life and death Woodcut, lino & stencils £980 (£780 u/f) (ed. of 20)

187

The decline of Eels No 7: Eggs and larvae Woodcut, lino & stencils £980 (£780 u/f) (ed. of 6)

188 The decline of Eels No 8:

Changing climate disrupted gyres

Woodcut, lino & stencils

£980 (£780 u/f) (ed. of 10) 189

The decline of Eels No 9: Passing the Azores Woodcut, lino & stencils £980 (£780 u/f) (ed. of 20)

190

The decline of Eels No 10: Rheotaxis (Passing Minehead) Woodcut, lino & stencils £980 (£780 u/f) (ed. of 6)

191

The decline of Eels No 11: Hinkley and Steart Marshes Woodcut, lino & stencils £980 (£780 u/f) (ed. of 6)

Jill Moger SWLA 201 Frog log Stoneware £300

192

The decline of Eels No 12: The greed of man Woodcut, lino & stencils £980 (£780 u/f) (ed. of 9)

202 Hog log Stoneware £980

Liz McLelland 193 Form

Stoneware ceramic £650

203 Insatiable - Young Cuckoo and

Reed Warbler

Semi porcelain, copper, silver &

other wires £1,200

Harriet Mead PSWLA 194 Fork Feathered Raven

Welded found objects £3,950

Liz Myhill 204 Across the bay

Mixed media £950

195 Padlock Shore Crab

Welded found objects £1,250

205 Basking

Mixed media £450

196 Sawblade Wrasse

Welded found objects £750

206 Late afternoon at the arches

Mixed media £950

197 Shear Tawny Owl

Welded found objects £3,250

William Neill SWLA 207 Grey Seals taking it easy Watercolour £625

198 Tweezer Tailed Swallow

Welded found objects £1,750

Philippa Mitchell 199 Turquoise cloud (Banded Demoiselles) Oil £885

Stephen Mitchell 200 Flamboyance Acrylic £1,200

208 Orasay Island with Black-

headed Gull Watercolour £625 209 White-tailed Eagle on the lookout Watercolour £625

Iain Nutting 210 Black Capped Capuchin

Welded steel £1,950

David Parry SWLA 211 Barn Owl Watercolour £750

212 Dipper on the Fowey Watercolour £800 213 Masai Mara Cheetah Watercolour £950 214 Spotted Flycatcher Oil £850 215 Tawny Owl Oil £900 216 Young Peregrine Watercolour £800

Peter Partington SWLA 217 Barn Owl moon Oil £850 218 Black Backs Oil £450 219 Evening Wigeon Oil £650 220 Grey Wag on the brook Oil £650 221 Junketting Oysters Oil £550

Peter Partington SWLA 222 Midwinter sunset and running Hare Oil £2,250

Jess Pritchard 232 The warrior

Coloured pencil £1,200

Derek Robertson 243 Bittern in the reeds Watercolour £690

223 Swifts over the river Oil £450

Sky Procter 233 Nomad

Mixed media £490

244 Lach-Mhandarain / Mandarin duck Watercolour £490

224 Windswept Stonechat - Minsmere Oil £390

Gregory Rankine 234 The visitors I Oil £700

245 Ròin-stiallach Geal / White-

letter Hairstreak Watercolour £490

235 The visitors II Oil £700

Chris Rose SWLA 246 Mountain Hare Oil £650

225

Bruce Pearson VPSWLA Southern Ocean Relief print (ed. of 8) £525 (£450 u/f)

Antonia Phillips SWLA 226 A Scottish Highland Summer

with Crows

Acrylic on Fabriano £355 227 Dipper at the Burn, Borders

Acrylic on Fabriano £355 228 Dunnet Bay – Pinkfoot Skein II

Acrylic on Fabriano £355 229 The noisy gathering on Loch

Loyal, Highlands

Acrylic on Fabriano £355 230 The Rudland Rigg Duo, North

York Moors

Acrylic on Fabriano £355

Justin Prigmore 231 Promise of Spring Oil £950

Darren Rees SWLA 236 King Penguin study Watercolour £450 237 Kingfisher and Willows Watercolour £450 238 Lockdown Redstart Watercolour £350 239 Lockdown Sandpiper Watercolour £350 240 White Wagtail Watercolour £350 241 Woodcock, Flanders Moss, dusk Watercolour £450

Annie Ridd 242 Queen Bee

Graphite & beeswax £400

Dijon Ross 247 Angel of death

Graphite pencil £1,650

248

Louise Scammell ASWLA A curious Corkwing Mokulito & relief print (ed. of 6) £320 (£180 u/f)

249 Brittle, black

Mokulito & relief print (ed. of 6)

£250 (£150 u/f) 250 Red eyed swimmer

Mokulito & relief print (ed. of 6)

£250 (£150 u/f) 251 The cunning Cuttlefish

Mokulito & relief print (ed. of 6)

£360 (£220 u/f) 252 Washed up I Monotype £360

253 Washed up II Monotype £360

264 Moonlight forager

Linocut (ed. of 30)

£145 (£115 u/f)

Dafila Scott SWLA 254 Black-headed Gull colony Pastel £1,440

265 Moonlight visitor

Linocut (ed. of 30)

£145 (£115 u/f)

255 Curlews, North Norfolk Pastel £1,440

266 Treecreeper

Linocut (ed. of 25)

£145 (£115 u/f)

256 Scarce Chaser, Wicken Fen Pastel £580

Anthony Smith 267 Herring houses Oil £800

257 Scarce Chasers mating - Impression Pastel £580

Jane Smith SWLA 268 Black Grouse lek

Screen print (ed. of 9) £390

258 Short-eared Owl, Burwell Fen Pastel £1,050

269 Garden Goldfinches

Screen print (ed. of 8) £290

259 Yellowhammers and Dandelions Pastel £770

270 Seashore Otter

Screen print (ed. of 5) £390

Carolyn Simpson ARSMA 260 Upward gazing bird Soapstone £950

271 Stubble field Lapwings

Screen print (ed. of 10) £390

261

Chris Sinden SWLA Blackcap Linocut (ed. of 18) £215 (£185 u/f)

262 Grazing Roe Deer

Linocut (ed. of 22)

£215 (£185 u/f) 263 Great Tit

Linocut (ed. of 29)

£160 (£130 u/f)

272 Summer Swifts

Screen print (ed. of 8) £280

Felicity Starr 273 Quick pause Oil £300 274 Squirrelling away Oil £300

Andrew Stock PPSWLA RE 275 Pebble Ridge Oil £17,500

Rachel Taylor 276 Kierkegaard’s Clowns

Stained glass & slate (ed. of 5) £9,780 277 Kingfisher diving

Stained glass, metal & slate

£1,740 (ed. of 10)

Rebecca Thorley-Fox 278 Caught by the tide Oil £850 279 Gull amongst the Oystercatchers Oil £375 280 Oystercatcher flying by Oil £850

John Threlfall SWLA 281 Dune Martins Pastel £440 282 Fulmar Pastel £440 283 Grey Wagtail Pastel £680 284 Riverbank Martins Pastel £440 285 Sedge Warbler Pastel £440

John Threlfall SWLA 286 Wheatear Pastel £540

Richard Tratt SWLA 287 Butterflies on the South West coast Oil £1,600 288 Chalkhill Blues Oil £595 289 Dark Green Fritillaries Oil £800 290 Female attraction, Orange Tips Oil £695

Simon Turvey SWLA 291 Badger Oil £645 292 Goldfinches Oil £845 293 Great Crested Grebes Oil £875 294 Great Spotted Woodpecker Oil £675 295 Gull on the shore Oil £765 296 Heron Oil £685

297 White Storks, Spain Oil £925

308 Tawny Owl

Woodblock print (ed. of 60)

£350 (£300 u/f)

298 Whooper Swans on Buttermere Oil £945

Christopher Wallbank SWLA 309 Eider Duck and ducklings, 6th June Watercolour £460

Esther Tyson SWLA 299 Flight Oil £950 300 Snowbunting study Oil £500 301 Snowbunting study 2 Oil £500 302 Snowbunting study 3 Oil £500 303 Snowbunting study 4 Oil £500 304 Snowbuntings Oil £1,500 305 Town flyers Oil £1,200 306 Winter Sparrow Oil £500

307

Matt Underwood SWLA Horse Chestnut blossom Woodblock print (ed. of 60) £400 (£350 u/f)

310 Eider Ducks and ducklings, 5th June Watercolour £460 311 Meet in the middle, 9th

December

Watercolour & pencil £460 312 Pink-footed Geese, 9th

December

Watercolour & pencil £460 313 Sleeping Eider Crèche, 17th June Watercolour £695 314 Spotted Flycatcher with prey Watercolour £1,600 315 The West Ridge on Foul Carr

Loomery Graphite £895 316 Top Section of Downies’ Goat

Loomery Graphite £895

Tianyin Wang 317 An Autumn moment Charcoal £380

318 The back Charcoal £580 319 The school Charcoal £1,550

Michael Warren SWLA 320 Black-tailed Godwits Watercolour £2,250 321 Reed Buntings Watercolour £1,250 322 Sanderlings Watercolour £1,950 323 Sparrowhawk Watercolour £975 324 Treecreeper and Long-tailed Tits Watercolour £925 325 Wheatear and Pied Wagtails Watercolour £775 326 Yellow Wagtails Watercolour £825

Ben Woodhams SWLA 327 A Buzzard and some Corvids

enjoy Katniss the deceased chicken Watercolour £450 328 Backlit Greylags and ducks Watercolour £950

329 Ravens posing and posturing

around Katniss the deceased chicken Watercolour £300 330 Smew sailing through Watercolour £1,150

Darren Woodhead SWLA 331 Chill time - resting male House Sparrow Watercolour £1,450 332 Curlew arrival over flooded Saltmarsh Watercolour £4,295 333 Highlights and shadows among

March Ash Watercolour £3,995 334 House Sparrow trio on

Hydrangea twists Watercolour £1,550 335 Sunflowers, Goldfinch and

arriving Pinkfeet - Autumn Watercolour £3,995 336 Tree and House Sparrows in

burst of morning light Watercolour £5,495

Tim Wootton SWLA 337 Arctic Skuas in a May squall Oil £1,450

338 Common Sandpiper over the

Rackwick Burn Oil £1,200 339 Last light of a Summer day -

Curlews and Grey Seals on Switha Oil £1,450 340 Summer evening on Eynhallow Oil £675

Bruce Pearson, Sahel. Drypoint/carborundum

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