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John Busby, Artist

Landscape and wildlife artist, illustrator and author

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Garden Birds

In Lines from Nature John wrote, “The most accessible wild birds to watch and draw are the ones you can encourage to come close to you. The bird feeder hanging outside the window allows me to sit comfortably indoors before I begin!… My eyes can quickly relate to events near and far, and to each side of me as I draw. Then, even if the subject is a tiny bird, I do not feel that I have to place it in the centre of the drawing page, as if within the circle of a telescope or binoculars. Although these are vital aids for seeing creatures that are wary of any human presence, I want to share some moments of close encounter eye-to-eye.”

Pictures with a <buy now> link are available for immediate dispatch via our online shop. The others are also for sale but may take longer to send to you. Please contact us about them.

Blackbird on Berries by John Busby
Blackbird on Berries
16 x 20 cm watercolour in mount 30cm sq £150 available from SOC Aberlady
Chaffinch pair 1988
Chaffinch pair 1988
Signed watercolour 11 x 22 cm £250 buy now illustration from "Birds in your Garden" p34
Collared Dove by John Busby
Collared Dove
14 x 20 cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30 cm SOLD
Corn Buntings, three by John Busby
Corn Buntings, three
16 x 12 cm Pen and wash in mount 25 x 20 cm SOLD
Crested Tit by John Busby
Crested Tit
15 x 18 cm Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30 cm £130 buy now
Birds on the Feeder, undated
Garden birds on the Feeder, undated
unsigned oil on canvas 45 x 35 cm £please enquire
Hen and Chicks 1991
Hen and Chicks 1991
signed watercolour 25 x 36 cm Framed £500
House Martin nest by John Busby
House Martin nest
12 x 16 cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30cm £130 available from SOC Aberlady
House Martins collecting mud by John Busby
House Martins collecting mud
14 x 20 cm Pen and wash in mount 25 x 30cm SOLD
Inky Chickens
signed watercolour 20 x 28 cm £350
Magpie by John Busby
Magpie
12 x 14 cm initalled Pen and wash in mount 20 x 25 cm £100 buy now
Meadow Pipit and Cuckoo chick by John Busby
Meadow Pipit and Cuckoo chick
13 x 11 cm pen and wash in mount 25 x 20 cm £100 buy now
Mistle Thrush by John Busby
Mistle Thrush 1981
9 x 13 cm signed pen and wash in mount 20 x 25 cm SOLD
side view of Pied Wagtail walking in the rain by John Busby
Pied Wagtail 'trotty wagtail'
9 x 13 cm Pen and wash in mount 20 x 25 cm £100 buy now
Redwing in perched on twig with nesting material in beak by John Busby
Redwing
11 x 13 cm Pen and wash in mount 20 x 25 £100 buy now original illustration from Beinn Eighe (Scottish Natural Heritage) p.172
Siskin
11 x 13 cm initialled Pen and wash in mount 20 x 25cm SOLD
Sunlit Swallow
unsigned watercolour 14 x 10 cm (in mount 25x20cm) £100 buy now
two tree sparrows standing on the ground by John Busby
tree sparrows on the ground
11 x 13 cm pen and wash in mount 20 x 25 cm £100 buy now
two tree sparrows sitting in tree by John Busby
Tree Sparrows in tree
16 x 16 cm initialled JB pen and wash in mount 30cm sq £150 buy now

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