Wildlife Paintings

  This gorgeous little bundle of mischief is one of a litter of five kittens born at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore. The Park is a great place to visit and but also is … Continued

Female roe deer in watercolour, one of a series of wildlife and domestic animal portrait paintings. 40 x 40cm. Selected for Great North Art Show 2022.

A hard-working woodpecker parent toils in the rain as its hungry chick shelters on the leeward side of a tree trunk. I hope it is paying attention! Watercolour painting 15 x 45cm. SOLD.

  Watercolour painting of a feisty little red squirrel, unhappy at being kept from the nut feeder. 40 x 40cm. Selected for Great North Art Show 2022.

  Watercolour painting of a male pheasant enjoying a little winter sunshine. 40 x 40cm. Selected for Great North Art Show 2022.

Black Grouse foraging on Alston Moor, Cumbria. These beautiful birds were a common sight in the Pennines until the population crashed in the 1990’s. Numbers now seem to be recovering, and I hope to seeing them lekking in spring, with … Continued

  Watercolour painting of a Cumbrian native Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). 40 x 40cm. Please contact Gillie for price.

Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) among spring gentians (Gentiana verna). This year I was lucky enough to see carpets of spring gentians for the first time, on Widdybank Fell, Teesdale. It was the perfect spring day with courting golden plovers overhead. … Continued