John first visited Azraq and Petra in Jordan in the company of his friend and zoologist Bryan Nelson in the early 1970’s, illustrating Nelson’s books and producing some magnificent oil paintings influenced by the desert environment. Other trips followed and in 1995 he was asked to illustrate the definitive guide to birding in Jordan, Ian J Andrews’ Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
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Armenian Gull
unsigned pen and wash drawing
13 x 15 cm
illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.32
£130 buy now

Dotterel pair
unsigned pen and wash drawing
11 x 14 cm
illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.83
£100 buy now

Fan-tailed Ravens above Petra
signed watercolour
24 x 32 cm
£500 buy now

King Talal dam
unsigned pen and wash drawing
10 x 18 cm
illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.26
£100 buy now

Lesser Short-toed Lark
unsigned pen and wash drawing
11 x 10 cm
illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.115
£75 buy now

Moon over a black desert
signed oil on canvas 1970
102 x 126 cm
£5000 available from Open Eye, Edinburgh

Nightjar
unsigned pen and wash drawing 13 x 17cm £130 buy now
illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.105

PIn-tailled Sandgrouse
unsigned pen and wash drawing
11 x 16 cm
illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.97
£130 buy now

Serin
unsigned pen and wash drawing
12 x 14 cm
illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.155
£130 buy now

Small Oasis Landscape 2
oil on canvas 1971
50 x 40 cm
£1400 available from Open Eye, Edinburgh

Stone Curlew
unsigned pen and wash drawing
12 x 10 cm
illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.80
£100 buy now

Wadi Umm Ishrin
unsigned pen and wash drawing
12 x 23 cm
illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.23
£100 buy now