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John Busby, Artist

Landscape and wildlife artist, illustrator and author

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Falkland Islands

In 1992 John led an Island Holidays group on a drawing tour of the Falkland Islands. He wrote about his impressions of the islands and their wildlife in his book Land Marks and Sea Wings.

Here are some of the drawings and paintings from that trip.

Black-browed Albatross nesting
signed watercolour 1992 26 x 36 cm £750 Framed
Bull Sealion and Turkey Vulture
signed pen and wash drawing 15 x 28 cm £200
Elephant Seals, Sealion Island
signed watercolour 27 x 35 cm £500
Imperial and Rock Shags, Falklands
signed* drawing 1992 24 x 34 cm £300 *signed on back illustration from Lines from Nature p.26
Imperial and Rock Shags, Long-tailed Meadowlark, Falklands
signed watercolour 1992 20 x 28 cm £350
King Penguin sketches
signed sketches 1992 28 x 18 cm £300 illustration from Lines from Nature p.27
Pattern of moorland, Falkland Islands
unsigned watercolour 23 x 30 cm £450 Framed original from Land Marks and Sea Wings p116
Red-backed hawk, Peregrine and Crested Caracara
unsigned pen and wash drawing 25 x 23 cm £350 original from Land Marks and Sea Wings p.128
Rufus-chested Dotterel
unsigned watercolour 15 x 15 cm £150 original from Land Marks and Sea Wings p129
White-crested and Silvery Grebe, Falklands
signed watercolour 24 x 28 cm £500 original from Lines from Nature p.174
White Crested Grebes, Falklands
signed watercolour 1992 16 x 19 cm £200 buy now original illustration in Lines from Nature p. 175
Young Giant Petrels
signed drawing 1992 12 x 23 cm £200

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