Artist in residence

From 5th-11th august I will be the artist in residence at Nature in art  which is located in Gloucestershire at Wallsworth Hall,Twigworth,nr Gloucester. the museum is the uk's only museum dedicated to art portraying the natural world and I will be working on the painting of a cheetah above and drawing live in the garden studio.visitors will also be able to see a range of original works,prints and fine art cards as well as have a chat with me.in the meantime my publishing company Collier and Dobson ltd have a large stand at Gatcombe park,gloucestershire at the gatcombe international horse trials over the next three days displaying some of my original pieces and limited edition prints.

New fine art card range launched

                                                                barn owl touchdown

                                                                     evening hare

                                                                         leopard

                                                                      fox portrait

little egret

                                                                       brown hare

                                                                        barn owl

                                                                         kingfisher

red fox

                                                                         caracal
my new range of fine art cards are now available to order from my website www.clivemeredithart.weebly.com   each card is printed on 280gsm smooth card with a lovely gloss varnished finish and come complete with envelope and cello wrapping.the cards are blank inside for your own greeting.
cards are priced at £1.80 each + £0.90 p&p or ;
5 cards at £7.50 + £1.20 p&p or;
10 cards at £12 + £1.80 p&p
p &p prices are for 1st class delivery within  the UK
for overseas orders please ask for a postal quote 

NEWA 2013 exhibition charity auction update

by way of an update on the auction  of donated wildlife art including my own avocet painting at the NEWA exhibiton I am delighted to say that over £10k was raised on the night for the various wildlife organisations sponsored this year.my avocet painting also found a new home.over the weekend an art market was held alongside the main show and whilst business was slow mainly due to the incredibly hot weather making it near impossible to spend a good deal of time indoors at the venue the comraderie amongst fellow artists and the hilarious banter that ensued made the event enjoyable.it was great to meet and spend time with so many talented artists.

NEWA 2013 live art demo's

from 19th-21st july alongside the NEWA wildlife art show in the Wirral a group of professional wildlife artists will be demonstrating in various mediums as well as displaying original works,prints and cards.this rather grumpy looking cheetah is my underpainting that ive prepared for my demo.i will be showing some original works and ltd edition prints(some very special show offers) and my brand new range of fine art cards.

NEWA 2013 exhibition and charity auction

 

 

On Thursday 18th july the preview night and special charity auction will be held at the 20th annual NEWA wildlife art exhibition.the oil painting above entitled 'elegance-avocet' has been donated by me to the charity auction all the proceeds of which will go to wildlife charities.many artists have donated original artworks to the auction and details of the exhibition and auction of wildlife art can be found on the newa website www.newa-uk.com  .following the preview night the exhibition will run from july 19th-august 4th and from 19th-21st of july alongside the main exhibition will be a special event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of newa.a group of select wildlife artists including myself will be demonstrating in various mediums as well as showing a range of prints and cards and some more original works all of which are available to purchase.there will be some very special offers at the show and so if you're in the Wirral area during those three days pop in,speak to and learn from some fabulous artists and bag yourself a bargain!.the full venue address is Gordale garden centre,chester high road,south Wirral,burton,ch64 8tf

Roe deer study 20" x 16" oil on canvas

A little more work on the body and nose of this roe study and i'm calling it done.new projects are beckoning.

Roe deer study work in progress

Here's another oil painting i'm working on right now and its a study of one of the many Roe deer who visit my garden for a tasty morsel every so often.its been quite heavily re-worked since I initially underpainted it,with three changes of background colouration ranging from hideous greens through to the current grey-ish colour.whilst the photography doesn't really show it too well here the current colouration is made up of colours I saw within the deers coat and whilst its a little plainer overall than I had anticipated I think the colour sets off the deer nicely.as you can see the animals head is almost complete,i just need to tinker with the nose some more.the body has had two coats of loosely applied oils and the next coat will add some nice fur detail in.all the references ive used for this painting have been gleaned by me doing a little amateur deer stalking in my own garden(luckily theres plenty of cover) and as you can see from the positioning of her ears she was desperately trying to work out where the camera clicks were coming from!