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John Busby, Artist

Landscape and wildlife artist, illustrator and author

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Seabirds

Look what I found !

October 12, 2020

Remounting this lovely watercolour of Manx Shearwaters recently I came across a pencil sketch of coastal waters with seals and a small Hebridean style boat on the back.  Which picture would you display? £450 in double mount 40 x 50 cm  buy now  from the shop.

Filed Under: Seabirds

Silent cliffs and restless water

July 21, 2020

“The contrast between silent cliffs and restless water offer powerful pictorial dynamics for an artist, as do the changes of light and shade and the air full of circling birds. The cliffs are a frontier between us and the horizon – to the seabirds, they are a necessary foothold on which to nest; a vertical […]

Filed Under: Blog, Pictures, Seabirds

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