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AMAZONIA
The idea of large hyperrealism bird paintings has been an all consuming interest of mine for over 5 years. I've experimented with ...
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'BIRDS IN ART' VIA ECUADOR
Travelling from one side of the planet to the other to spend a weekend in Wisconsin isn’t on everyone’s top 10 trips to make, ...
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MY EQUIPMENT OF CHOICE
One of the most asked questions I get is “What materials do you use?” My preferred surface is a fine canvas stretched onto an ...
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A GLAMOROUS LIFE!
The years of 2008 to 2012 could best be subtitled “The cargo container years” or maybe “The years of extreme travel”.  Fo...
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A SAFARI IN A SHED
I have travelled to America 22 times in the name of art – one of these trips was to attend a safari show in Dallas to sell my Af...
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RESPONSES TO THE BLURRY LINE
I was taken aback with the volume of very perceptive and positive responses to my latest blog: “The Blurry line between bad art ...
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THE BLURRY LINE - BAD & CONTEMPORARY BIRD ART
This blog has been burning away inside me for many years. I’ve given it the title  "The blurry line between bad bird art and ap...
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BIA 2019: THE NOBLE QUEST
Well it’s that time of the year again...everyone in the bird art world is nervously waiting for Shari Schroeder to send word abo...
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MY PAINTING TECHNIQUES 2
This is a follow-up article on an earlier blog from last month. Again, based on an old article I wrote many years ago, I now want ...
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