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New Forest Foals and Mares
ORIGINAL AVAILABLE: Code O1014
£300 + £25 postage & packing.
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A3 Print on Fine Art Paper
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The Caravan Club Millenium Caravan Site in the New Forest was in its infancy (in 2009 upon my visit) as far as planting and nature are concerned, designed to encourage wildlife to live in and visit the park. We saw many birds while we were there, which visited the feeders, kept well stocked by the wardens (and visitors!). Ten minutes' walk up the road and we were in the New Forest. We spent most of our nine days' holiday walking around and were surprised at the very different habitats in such a small area. My husband nearly stepped on an adder which was basking in the sunlight - unfortunately, we were both so shocked we were unable to take a photograph! But the New Forest Ponies were a wonderful sight, and seeing the pretty foals with their mums made each days' walk extra special.
ORIGINAL PENCIL. Completed March 2010.
Framed size 28" x 22". View framed original
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Plum-tuckered, Kool-Kat
ORIGINAL AVAILABLE: Code O0903
£400 + £25 postage & packing.
PRINTS AVAILABLE: Code P0903:
A3 Print on Fine Art Paper
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CROSS STITCH PATTERNS OF MY WORK:
This picture is now available as a cross-stitch kit/pattern. Please visit the EXCLUSIVE GECKO ROUGE RANGE [GO] to view and order Tina Bone's cross-stitch patterns
My friend and fellow artist, Juliet Gorman (potter: www.smoke-fired.biz) regularly travels to exotic places. I am usually invited to browse her magnificent photographs and, after a trip to Kenya and the Masai Mara Game Park in 2006, Juliet showed me a photograph of a pride of wild lions. I did not really notice the big family felines, as my attention was immediately drawn to this little chap, tuckered out under the sun-speckled foliage. He is so cute, I just had to paint him.
Poem: On scratching stick he rests a paw, To droop his eyelids is the law. He rests in leaves amongst the shade, At hot of day is idly laid. The lion’s realm is dead of night—A real kool-kat knows when to fight!
ORIGINAL WATER COLOUR.
Completed August 2009.
Framed size 28" x 23". View framed original |
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Nature's Gems: March and April
ORIGINAL: Code ONS03-04 SOLD - Exhibition
PRINTS AVAILABLE (sold separately): MARCH Code PNS03: A3 Print on Fine Art Paper £30 + £5 postage & packing.
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APRIL Code PNS04: A3 Print on Fine Art Paper £30 + £5 postage & packing.
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Between 2003 and 2005 I produced 12 water colour paintings, drawn and painted from live foliage and fauna during the twelve months of the year, specifically for the design and production of my own calendar. The 12 paintings are shown on this website with the code prefix 'NS', which stands for 'Nature Series', the title of my first calendar in 2006 being entitled 'Nature's Gems'. Cambridge Botanic Gardens provided the flora for March; I attended a two-day session to paint spring flowers, and these were the only British “wild” flowers on offer (all the others being exotics). The April cowslips, field pansy, dandelion, butterfly and frog in this picture were all found in my little wild garden, so the field trip was nice-n-easy!
ORIGINAL WATER COLOUR: SOLD, Natural World Art Group (NWAG) Easter 2010 Exhibition at Banham Zoo. |
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Nature's Gems: September and October ORIGINAL: Code ONS09-10
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PRINTS AVAILABLE (sold separately): September Code PNS09: A3 Print on Fine Art Paper £30 + £5 postage & packing.
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October Code PNS10: A3 Print on Fine Art Paper £30 + £5 postage & packing.
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September: Oak, rosehips and blackberries, all came from in and around Comberton. This was a painting I had to finish while on a Spanish Holiday. Unfortunately, the top left hand corner of the paper got damaged during the flight. But—having put some 45 hours’ work into it and no time to re-paint because of a printing deadline, I felt it would give the original picture some character to frame it with a damaged corner. October: The horse chestnut and spindleberry are such wonderful colours. These were drawn from specimens in our local Watts Wood, named after an exuberant local councillor (Bill) who did much for the trees and other projects for the village during his long and active life of service to the local community.
ORIGINAL WATER COLOUR:
Completed October 2004
**This work is currently showing at the Darryl Nantais Gallery, Linton, Nr Cambridge. If you wish to view or purchase it, please contact Karl Backhurst on 01223 891289, or by email: The Darryl Nantais Gallery Ltd |
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