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Landscape and wildlife artist, illustrator and author

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Interesting juxtapositions 1

February 7, 2023

It’s off to a new owner! The sale of this picture has brought back happy memories of visiting the Old Museum of Childhood in Edinburgh with Dad. On the Royal Mile, deep in Edinburgh’s Old Town this gloriously higgledy-piggledy museum was one of a kind.  I remember the small rooms piled high with toys on […]

Filed Under: Biography, other, Pictures

30 years for the Biebrza marshes

January 25, 2023

In 1992 in its second expedition, the Artists for Nature Foundation (ANF) working with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) sent 32 international artists, including John Busby, to the Biebrza Marshes in Poland.  Only three years earlier the area had been designated a Landscape Park and the Biebrza Society were working hard to transform the status […]

Filed Under: Blog, other, Publications Tagged With: Biebrza, landscapes, Poland

Silk scarves – a new venture

December 12, 2020

Super soft and printed with some of John’s magnificent abstract oil landscapes we’re really excited about these silk scarves.  Just six samples were made and three of them have gone already, so if you are interested don’t leave it too late!   See Shop here These scarves are printed on light silk satin and finished with […]

Filed Under: Landscapes, other, Uncategorized

John Busby Seabird Drawing Course

May 10, 2014

Gannets hanging in the wind, in Land Marks and Sea Wings p 54

  The John Busby Seabird Drawing Course runs annually in June based near North Berwick in East Lothian. 2023:  24th June to 1st July Now led by Darren Woodhead, plus tutors Kittie Jones, and Nik Pollard, it is open to anyone with an interest in drawing nature in the field whether a keen amateur or established […]

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