Winter Art Exhibition
Take time out to enjoy nature this Christmas. In my first art exhibition since the pandemic, I will again be showing my paintings alongside the heart-warming films that inspired them at my tranquil beamed art gallery high on the Yorkshire Wolds. Relax with a freshly brewed coffee or warm mulled wine and tuck in to a mince pie as you browse.
A multi-media event
Enjoy all my latest paintings alongside the films, photographs and live nest cameras that inspired them.
Including lifelike paintings
On show are the portraits of owls, foxes, badgers and hares that I watch so closely. Among them the painting below of gannets performing their beautiful courtship dance, known as ‘sky pointing’. This was informed by watching these stunning sea birds right on my doorstep at RSPB Bempton.
The exhibition will illustrate how the lives of individual animals I follow on my nest cameras inspire me to paint. For instance the portrait, below, is a tribute to Mrs Kes, a brave kestrel who sadly disappeared this year. Mrs Kes was a long-term resident of Fotherdale Farm and after watching how bravely she fought of attacks by jackdaws and owls, I painted her standing guard at her nest, as she so often did.
Other artworks on show include this weasel, inspired by the many weasels I’ve rescued and helped reintroduce to the wild here at Fotherdale as well as a number of wild weasels I’ve watched in my garden. I was touched by the way these tiny animals stand up on their hind legs to investigate anything new.
See animal nest cameras
I use surveillance cameras hidden in my garden and surrounding countryside to follow the stories of individual animals, including owls, kestrels, stoats, and weasels. These nest cams are available to watch alongside films telling the best of this year’ stories.
Enjoy wildlife films
Among the films to see is the heartwarming tale of a tawny owl named Luna who adopted two owl chicks after her own eggs failed and of Mr Kes the kestrel who defied science by learning how to feed his chicks after his partner disappeared.
Treat yourself
Enjoy freshly brewed coffee or warmed mulled wine and mince pie as you browse the artwork and gifts on show.
Free to visit
My wood-beamed gallery is situated deep in the stunning Yorkshire Wolds landscape so you can make a day of it. The exhibition is free to visit and there is ample car parking on site.
Visit virtually
Can’t make it? Don’t worry, I’ll be uploading the best of the event onto a virtual exhibition so that you don’t miss out.
