Avocet and chicks 12" x 11" oil on canvas

These are the progression shots for my latest completed oil painting 'Avocet and chicks'.Such elegant birds that I absolutely love to paint and draw.

Snipe study 10" x 12" oil on canvas progression shots

After a visit last week to Titchfield Haven NNR where I was lucky enough to see plenty of Snipe at close quarters I decided to paint a small study with a view to a larger piece to follow in oils if I could get a grip on the colours and cryptic plumage.This is the completed study,which I'm very pleased with and hopefully a larger snipe painting will follow in the not too distant future.

'Evening glow-Redshank' 10" x 14" oil sketch on canvas

My latest little oil sketch features a Redshank on the Hamble river as the sun is setting and giving a lovely warm glow to the birds plumage.