Thursday 19 July 2012

Pencil Drawings Of People

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Pencil Drawings Of People Biography
Having finally given up the unequal struggle of juggling painting with a full-time job as a medical researcher  I now spend all my time and most of my energy full time in the studio. This has pleased my two cats immeasurably, although they are banned from the studio as paws dipped in paint are not good for the sitting room carpet. Before working at the University of Southampton I ran a successful eventing and dressage yard for many years, having qualified as an instructor and senior examiner for the British Horse Society.  Eventually, however, one too many involuntary dismounts landed me in hospital and prompted a change of career.  I went back to university to add a PhD to my collection. This enables me to bring not only  informed knowledge of anatomy and physiology to my paintings, but also an innate feeling for how animals 'tick'.

As well as undertaking the portrait work (which I thoroughly enjoy) I have discovered, over the last few years, the joy of painting and drawing wild animals, and made this the excuse to go on a number of trips which I couldn't really afford, but wouldn't have missed for the world.  Thus I have painted Adelie penguins in the Antarctictic, baboons in Botswana,  mongooses in the Masai Mara and zebra in Zambia! Seriously though, I particularly love to draw the big cats which we saw in abundance in Kenya earlier this year, as well as zebras,  topi, Thompson's gazelles and last but by no means least, the imposing African elephant.

Although redundancy/retirement came earlier than anticipated, once the initial shock wore off, I realised that instead of the daily grind of lab work, I was being offered a wonderful opportunity to work full-time at the easel.  I now supplement a meagre pension by taking portrait commissions whilst working to improve my wildlife art. I am on a steep learning curve as far as photography for this goes, and once that is conquered, there will surely be other battles to be won, but I look forward to the journey.
Pencil Drawings Of People
Pencil Drawings Of People
Pencil Drawings Of People
Pencil Drawings Of People
Pencil Drawings Of People
Pencil Drawings Of People
Pencil Drawings Of People
Pencil Drawings Of People
Pencil Drawings Of People
Pencil Drawings Of People
Pencil Drawings Of People
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Pencil Drawings Of People

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