Partridges

I've just finished this oil painting of a covey of partridges in snow. It will be exhibited in a special focus on game birds that I am preparing for my Christmas Exhibition.

Closed to Sheep

Shortly before opening time yesterday I found three customers lined up and waiting to be let in. They hung around for a while, but then left in disgust when I didn't open the doors - it was still a good half hour before opening time!

Meet Pete

Pete is now offering a bespoke framing service at the gallery and we want to celebrate the new service by offering a discount to all my blog readers.
With over 20 years of framing experience, you name it Pete can frame it.
Already his orders are stacking up and this week he added rosettes to his list of paintings, photographs, certificates, and needlework that he is framing.
I am offering readers of my blog a £5 discount off their first order. Simply print off the above picture of Pete and bring it into the gallery to claim yours.

Hares in Stubble

As the harvest is cleared hares become much more visible so I took the opportunity this weekend to do a bit of hare photography before the stubble went under the plough.

A Pangolin

My trip to Namibia really was spectacular, but this sighting of a pangolin took the biscuit. It was the first thing we saw after arriving in the country and it was just by the side of the road as we drove to Etosha National Park.
Pangolins (essentially scaly anteaters) are very, very hard to spot and there are those that spend their whole lives in the African bush without ever getting to see one.

Honey Badgers Bully the Bog Roll

Honey badgers have a very different temperament to our English badgers and at the last camp we stayed in during my Namibian trip they had taken to raiding the campsite at night foraging for any food that might have been left about.This one nicked next door's toilet roll as well! It all seemed a harmless bit of fun and so we decided to follow it and photograph it as it ravaged the roll - but then it turned on us. To find out more about my close encounter with these ferocious creatures read my latest Yorkshire Post column by clicking here.

The Quagga Look

The unusual markings on this zebra put me in mind of the long-extinct sub-species of zebra known as the quagga.

This photograph, taken at London Zoo in 1870, is of the only quagga to be photographed. The quagga became extinct in 1883 - doesn't it look similar to my Namibian zebra?