Original oil painting on unstretched canvas. Varnished and unframed as a tactile object. It is on picking it up and moving the canvas that you can see the iridescence within the paint, transparency, and sgraffito texture. Approximately A3 size. As this is committed for exhibition at The Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition in London, if purchased it will be posted (free UK postage) in October.

A collection of original drawings, notes, and a linocut. When open, over 2m long. Observed from selected specimens from the UK cow dung ecosystem, mostly in Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, and London natural history collections. The images in the sketchbook are used as source material for Dungscape.

Although this is a 3D object, it comes with a matching black fabric coated hard cover for storage. When closed it is A5 size, approximately 15×22×3cm.

This item is committed for exhibition in London, as part of The Society of Wildlife Artists annual show. If purchased, it will be posted in mid October when that show is finished. Having been exhibited at this prestigious juried show will contribute to the provenance of the sketchbook.

Original drawing in pencil and ink on smooth white paper, observed from selected specimens of UK native dung beetles in Bristol Museum & Art Gallery natural history collection. Available ready to frame, 28×38cm.

Original drawing in pencil on heavyweight toned paper, observed from selected specimensin Bristol Museum & Art Gallery natural history collection. Available ready to frame, 28×27cm.

Original drawing in pencil on heavyweight toned paper, observed from selected specimensin Bristol Museum & Art Gallery natural history collection. Available ready to frame, 27×38cm.

Original drawing in ink and pencil on smooth white paper from a specimen in Bristol Museum & Art Gallery natural history collection. Using a microscope, I was fascinated to see the tiny hairs that are invisible to the naked eye, and the subtle iridescence. The Onthophagus beetle is on the fresh dung in the very foreground of the Dungscape diurnal canvas. Available ready to frame, 29×29cm.

Original drawing in ink and pencil on smooth white paper from a specimen in Bristol Museum & Art Gallery natural history collection. Using a microscope, I was fascinated to see the tiny hairs that are invisible to the naked eye. Rove beetles are on the old dung in the foreground of the Dungscape diurnal canvas. Available ready to frame, 21×28cm.

Sketched from life at Knepp Wilding Estate. This image of the Old English Longhorn cow was subsequently used as the basis of the lying down cow in the Dungscape diurnal canvas. Available ready to frame, 30×22cm.

Sketched from life at Knepp Wilding Estate. This image of the Old English Longhorn cow was subsequently used as the basis of the foremost cow in the Dungscape nocturnal canvas. Available ready to frame, 30×22cm.

Based on the swallow chasing a yellow dungfly in Dungscape. This linocut is hand cut, inked, and printed on pure white heavyweight acid free artist quality paper. A limited edition of 30 is available.

Each print is individually numbered, titled, and signed. Because of the process, each is slightly different, with characteristic imperfections of hand printing.

Sold loose for you to frame yourself, or there is a single framed version with solid wood frame available from the Knepp exhibition. The printed image is approximately 12×15cm (including title), with a margin (1.5cm).

There are 10 already printed, the rest of the edition will be printed in early September. Free UK postage and packaging included.

If you want to choose a particular copy from those already printed, mention this on the ‘anything I should know’ field at checkout. If not, I will choose for you from the set.

Based on the robberfly catching a greenbottle in Dungscape, from a wonderful photo by Neil Hulme. This linocut is hand cut, hand inked, printed using a vintage ‘Vandercook’ semi-automated press, on pure white heavyweight acid free artist quality paper, using 6 separately inked blocks, which takes forever… so a very limited edition of 20 is available.

Each print is individually numbered, titled, and signed, with characteristic imperfections of hand printing, indicated by the acronym ‘VE’ - Variable Edition.

Sold loose ready to frame, or there is a single framed version with solid wood frame (with gallery quality non-reflective UV protective glass) available from the Knepp exhibition. The printed image is approximately 33×40cm (including title), with a wide margin (10cm+) that can be trimmed for framing.

The edition will be hand printed in September. Because the black block is printed with oil based ink, please allow 2 weeks drying time after printing. Free UK postage and packaging included.

If you want to choose a particular copy from those already printed, mention this on the ‘anything I should know’ field at checkout. If not, I will choose for you from the set.

Based on the butterfly, rove beetles and sepsidae flies in Dungscape. This linocut is hand cut, hand inked, printed using a vintage ‘Vandercook’ semi-automated press, on pure white heavyweight acid free artist quality paper, using 6 separately inked blocks, which takes forever… so a very limited edition of 20 is available.

Each print is individually numbered, titled, and signed, with characteristic imperfections of hand printing, indicated by the acronym ‘VE’ - Variable Edition.

Sold loose ready to frame, or there is a single framed version with solid wood frame (with gallery quality non-reflective UV protective glass) available from the Knepp exhibition. The printed image is approximately 43×30cm (including title), with a wide margin (9cm+) that can be trimmed for framing.

The edition will be hand printed in September. Because the black block is printed with oil based ink, please allow 2 weeks drying time after printing. Free UK postage and packaging included.

If you want to choose a particular copy from those already printed, mention this on the ‘anything I should know’ field at checkout. If not, I will choose for you from the set.

The eponymous artwork of the Dungscape project, this pair of framed oil paintings uses traditional techniques to capture a rewilded landscape. Set at Knepp wilding estate, the diurnal and nocturnal canvases stand as individual compositions, and connect visually into a single scene. The flora and fauna are the ecosystem around healthy dung… from the tiniest parasitoid wasp laying into a fly larva to the bat catching a dung beetle on the wing. There is a page of information here, and a YouTube playlist of process videos. Each painting is 120×90cm oil on canvas, with a discreet solid wood tray frame. These pieces are available for sale, although committed for exhibition in Knepp and London (Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition). Having been exhibited at this prestigious juried show will contribute to the provenance of the artwork. if purchased, they will be available for collection from London (The Mall Galleries) or Bristol (my studio) from mid October.

Original drawing on heavyweight toned paper, showing the incredible mating process of common garden snails. I wanted to revel in the different colours and textures of the snails, shells, and the reflected sky in the slime. This is the same size and media as the associated piece ‘Bouquet’, a fictitious account of slug romance, heavily influenced by two particular garden visitors.

Individually, and as a pair, they make a strong statement, and a great conversation-starter!

Professionally framed in a discrete co-ordinated wood frame, with non-reflective UV-protective Art Glass. It is uneconomical to transport this size framed, so please enquire about transport, collection. Nb this piece has the provenance of having been selected for exhibition in The Mall Galleries (London) with the Society of Wildlife Artists in October 2024.

Original drawing on heavyweight toned paper, a fictitious account of slug romance, heavily influenced by two particular garden visitors. The same size and media as the associated piece ‘HermAphrodites II’ (selected for the Society of Wildlife Artists Annual Open exhibition 2024), showing the incredible mating process of common garden snails. Professionally framed in a discrete co-ordinated wood frame, with non-reflective UV-protective Art Glass. It is uneconomical to transport this size framed, so please enquire about transport, collection.

Exhibited in The Mall Galleries in 2023, in the SWLA annual open exhibition, this original drawing has been professionally framed with a solid wood frame, mounted floating on board, and with non-reflective ‘art glass’.

There are plenty birds of prey around Prawle Point, and my guess is that this rabbit was accidentally dropped. Unblemished, but definitely an ex-rabbit, it appeared on the path while we were drawing. I couldn’t resist sketching it in situ, on Kraft paper (like brown parcel paper). Available ready to frame, A3 size.

Exhibited in The Mall Galleries in 2023, in the SWLA annual open exhibition, this original drawing has been professionally framed with a solid wood frame, mounted floating on board, and with non-reflective ‘art glass’.

This linocut is hand printed as a limited edition of 33. Please note it is pure lamp black on pure white paper, my photography skills don’t stretch to this challenge! Because of the size I usually offer this unframed, but have one professionally framed copy available (for collection only because of the glazing).