First order of 2022... my Baby Orang Gift Box coaster set. Helping orangutans, a good start to the year. Also this New Year, OFI's celebrations of Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas' 50th anniversary in the field. https://orangutan.org/50-years-in-the-field/
This morning I received the best Christmas gift ever. Little Joey ate his meal by himself last night and presented me with a clean dish this Christmas morning. As a fellow bat carer said: 'He has given you the Gift of Time.' I am absolutely over the moon! A lovely...
Just a quick note to say thank you to everyone who has supported me through my artwork and with my bat rescue/conservation work this year. The last two years have been challenging for everyone, and have shown us all the value, importance, and power of art and...
"For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” ― Aristotle Hmm... new medium - new challenge. Fingers crossed!
I just love their little bony knees. Joey with both knees bent and feet tucked under his tail.Bats are the only mammals whose knees bend backward, and not forward, and the bottom of the feet face forward. Joey flat-out and fast asleep with both knees bent...
The last time I overwintered bats was in 2012. Amidst my other 2012 rescues, I reared five orphaned pups. The pups had been found during the summer months, inside a cardboard box in the middle of a field: the box contained 50 pups plus a couple of adult females. They...
My photo is of Joey with a little white moustache having just finished his dinner, and preparing to have a snooze. I thought perhaps that once Joey gained weight I would be able to release him on a milder night close to where he was found. I also hoped that after a...
This is my most recent pastel portrait on a black background. He's taken far longer than expected to complete due to continuing family health issues, but he was a pleasure to portray. Black backgrounds offer a different approach artwork-wise and I was keen to explore...
With the help of a lovely wizard web person I am making a few changes to my website; some are behind the scene technical things, others will be visible. I look forward to sharing my new artwork with you on my new, improved website in the New Year. In the meantime, my...
https://youtu.be/7T6kvVTRurs Courtesy of Silvavir Wildlife Ecologists. Am sat in my studio and have just heard a right racket going on outside. Had no idea what it was and held my breath as I opened the door. The sounds coming from the undergrowth were so close and it...