This week my fluffy friends have turned their attention to their diets. A strict five-a-day regime has been adopted in an effort to keep them at their best. By this we mean five acres a day. Keeping the hills and meadows neat and trim takes a lot of effort and they have to munch constantly. I'm hoping this will get me the best presented farm for the third year running. There's no points for long grass, weeds or bunching up of livestock. When the judges arrive the animals need to be spread evenly over the fields.
To make it a bit more attractive to the stock I've introduced some new varieties of grass. This has two benefits- a more varied diet and some more colours in my paintings.
I must go now, before I get sectioned!
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| Lilac Lunch |
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| Mowing the Meadow |
The exhibition at Harrison Lord in Brighouse has gone very well. The combination of great presentation and hard work has resulted in healthy sales of original pieces.
I want to thank Steven Lord and his staff for their continued enthusiasm and support.
Following this, the next venue will be Priory Art in Tynemouth, commencing on Saturday 13th April. Jan Tandy will be taking delivery of a range of original pieces over the course of the next few days. In the meantime I need to be busy replacing work that has been purchased by those who have seen the work to date.
It's really exciting that this work and my new 'icons' have proved to be popular with collectors. I cant wait to see what the future holds.
I have been hiding away recently to complete work for an exhibition at Heartbeat Gallery in Sheffield. The owners, Helen and Thanasis are making final preparations for a two month exhibition, starting on 2nd November.
This will be the largest collection of the work to date in one place and I am looking forward to it. There is more information on Heartbeat at www.heartbeatgallery.com
In the meantime I continue to develop the style, introducing new features and details.
Here's some new pieces below.
At last! We have finally managed to coax our latest additions out of the pig hut.
We enticed them out using a bucket of fresh food. Nothing else would work.
These are our new saddle back pigs and they are an impressive bunch.
The other animals didn't know what to make of them at first, but curiosity is getting the better of them. I love their big floppy ears. You never see their eyes as their noses are always on the ground, truffling.
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| Taking over |
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| Truffling till sunset |
Golden rolling hills, winding narrow roads, quaint farm houses-typical sights in the countryside of Britain. It's just the way I like it.
Autumn sunsets are unforgettable with their lengthening shadows and rusty colours.
The livestock are making the most of the fresh grass and seasonal extras.
Heavenly bliss!...
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| A Mooving scene |
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| Golden Fleece |
