Soaring Buzzards at the Cage

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Nicely painted David.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Sun 07 Aug 09:05:45

Thanks, Stephen. I don't normally include wildlife in my paintings of empty places, but these buzzards were there on my last walk so I painted this more as a memento for myself. I was pleasantly surprised at the result, so decided to earmark it for exhibition with "Cage Birds" as the jokey title.

Posted by David Whitehead on Mon 08 Aug 13:51:52

Hang on Studio Wall

06/08/2016

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The Cage is a dramatic local hilltop feature in Lyme Park. After reading recent letters in Leisure Painter about boring titles not selling, I think I’ll change the title for our next local exhibition to “Cage Birds”!

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David Whitehead

I have always loved the British landscape – walking in it, photographing it and now, since early retirement, painting it in watercolour. I prefer to paint in the field and have experienced all the difficulties the British weather can present to a painter, from the sun drying the paint on the…

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