Birds and Beasts



I love to engrave images of wildlife, either as the main subject or as an element of the composition.
I have finally added this section which includes many new images.
Birds can be purchased here
Beasts can be purchased here

1. The Birds


Bitterns

I engraved these secretive birds for the Society of Wood Enbgravers Millennium Print.
It also appeared in the SWE book "Two by Two". Can you see the second bittern?



Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 50 x 50 mm     Price GBP40.00

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Black Swan



Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 50 x 40 mm     Price GBP20.00

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Doves


I engraved these doves for the Barbarian Press edition of Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis"


Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 29 x 50 mm     Price GBP20.00

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Heron


Medium: Resingrave Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 200 x 48 mm     Price GBP50.00

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Kingfisher at Bourn Brook

Bourn Brook is a tributary of the River Cam which flows through Cambridge.
I have often seen kingfishers at this particular spot at Toft.

Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 148 x 115 mm     Price GBP60.00

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Lark

This is another engraving from "Venus and Adonis"


Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 23 x 50 mm     Price GBP20.00

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Swan Sunset


Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 63 x 55 mm     Price GBP30.00

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Swans Together


Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 63 x 50 mm     Price GBP30.00

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Tawny Owl

During 2006, I developed an interest in night-time images.
A tawny owl seemed a suitable subject.

Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 63 x 32 mm     Price GBP30.00

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"They Glide, Like Phantoms..."

This barn owl was engraved as the tailpiece of the
Barbarian Press edition of John Keat's "Eve of St. Agnes"

Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 50 x 64 mm     Price GBP40.00

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2. The Beasts


"Can't See A Thing!" (Mole)

My family at Wicken Fen, a Cambridgeshire nature reserve.


Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 140 x 60 mm     Price GBP50.00

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Hare and Roe

A large illustration from the Barbaian Press edition of Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis"

Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 164 x 90 mm     Price GBP70.00

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Hares

Hares "boxing" in the fields between my village and the cathedral city of Ely


Medium: Resingrave Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 70 x 70 mm     Price GBP35.00

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Hedgehog

A favourite creature of mine


Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 74 x 48 mm     Price GBP50.00

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Midnight Mole


Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 50 x 70 mm     Price GBP30.00

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Nature Watching

My family in the woods at Sandringham, Norfolk.


Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 170 x 61 mm     Price GBP60.00

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Snail

A tiny engraving from "Venus and Adonis"


Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 34 x 17 mm     Price GB15.00

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Spiky Garden


I decided to invent a spiky garden for a hedgehog to inhabit and here it is.
The image is set at dusk.

Medium: Wood Engraving.      Edition: 100

 Image size: 150 x 100 mm     Price GBP60.00


Postscript

There will be more new Birds and Beasts during the year. Do you have a favourite creature?

Why not commission an engraving - either as a limited edition print or for your own bookplate?

Here is a group of meerkats: