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John Busby, Artist

Landscape and wildlife artist, illustrator and author

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Miscellaneous Book Illustrations

Some illustrations from:

  • Aig an Oir, At the Edge: SWLA artists visit Scotland’s Altantic Oakwoods, Robert Burton, publ. Langford 2005
  • Arlequin Birdwatching Guides; various, 1990’s-2003
  • Birds in your Garden : Tony Soper and Roger Lovegrove, publ. Guild 1989  see blog
  • Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: Ian Andrews 1995
  • Drawn to the Forest: Society of Wildlife Artists in the New Forest, Robert Burton, publ. Wildlife Art Gallery 2001
  • On the Rocks: J Bryan Nelson, publ. Langford 2013
  • The Gannet: J Bryan Nelson, publ.  T&AD Poyser 1978
  • The Penguins: Tony D Williams, publ. OUP 1995  see blog
  • Portrait of a Living Marsh: Robin D’Arcy Shillcock, publ. Inmerc BV 1993
  • RSPB Anthology of Wildlife Poetry: ed. Celia Warren, publ. A&C Black 2011
  • Tigers: Artists for Nature in India: Nicholas Hammond, Wildlife Art Gallery 2000
    Adelie one-sided stare
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 11 x 11 cm £75 buy now original illustration from The Penguins publ.OUP
    Adelie porpoising
    unsigned drawing 10 x 17 cm £100 buy now original illustration from The Penguins publ.OUP
    Algarve book cover Woodchat Shrike
    signed watercolour 1995 26 x 19 cm £400 buy now Original cover of Birdwatching Guide to the Algarve Arlequin Press
    Andouin's Gull
    signed pen and wash drawing 11 x 14 cm £130 buy now original illustration in Birds of Eastern Spain Arlequin Press p.50
    Garden birds, June
    initialled watercolour 1989 26 x 19 cm £400 original illustration for Birds in your Garden June's Chapter
    Book cover design for Birds in your Garden
    initialled watercolour 25 x 17cm £400 available from Birdscapes Gallery
    Black and Whiskered Terns
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 12 x 17 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides
    Black Woodpecker
    signed drawing 13 x 13 cm £130 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides
    Black-winged Stilts
    unsigned drawing 12 x 17 cm £100 buy now original illustration in Birds of Eastern Spain Arlequin Press p.75
    shrew
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 10 x 8 cm (in mount 20cm sq) £75 buy now original illustration from the RSPB Anthology of Wildlife Poetry p.18
    Chinstrap penguins
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 11 x 11 cm £75 buy now original illustration from The Penguins publ.OUP
    Citril Finches
    signed pen and wash drawing 16 x 11 cm £130 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides
    Cliff edge with seals PRINT
    Print 17 x 21cm in mount £40 illustration from The Gannet by J Bryan Nelson
    Cormorant PRINT
    Print OUT of STOCK illustration from The Gannet by J Bryan Nelson
    Corsican Nuthatch
    signed pen and wash drawing 12 x 12 cm £130 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides
    Dabchick (Little Grebe)
    signed drawing 13 x 13 cm £130 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides
    Dartford Warblers below Les Beaux, Provence
    initialled watercolour 26 x 19 cm £350 buy now original cover for A Birdwatching Guide to France South of the Loire Arlequin Press
    Dragonfly (4-spot Chaser)
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 13 x 11 cm £100 buy now
    Eastern Spain 1 moorland
    initialled watercolour 26 x 19 cm £350 buy now suggested cover for A Birdwatching Guide to Eastern Spain Arlequin Press
    Eating and Standing Tiger Studies 1997
    signed drawing 50 x 40 cm £600 buy now original illustration from "Tigers" Artists for Nature Foundation p46
    Emperor penguin huddle
    unsigned drawing 17 x 17 cm £150 buy now original illustration in The Penguins publ.OUP see others
    Emperors penguins 1
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 12 x 17 cm £100 buy now original illustration in The Penguins publ.OUP see others
    European Cranes migrating
    signed drawing 14 x 20 cm £150 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides
    Extremadura 1 with boar and cranes
    initialled watercolour 26 x 19 cm £350 buy now was a suggested cover for Birdwatching Guide to Extremadura Arlequin Press
    Extremadura 2 with Azure-winged Magpies
    initialled watercolour 26 x 19 cm £350 buy now suggested cover for A Birdwatching Guide to Extremadura Arlequin Press
    Gannets hanging on the wind PRINT
    Print 27 x 23 cm in mount 40cm sq £50 buy now illustration from The Gannet by J Bryan Nelson p.60
    Garganeys
    signed pen and wash drawing 14 x 16 cm £130 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides
    Gentoo and two eggs
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 11 x 11 cm £75 buy now original illustration in The Penguins publ.OUP see others
    Gentoo penguins bowing
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 15 x 21 cm £130 buy now original illustration in The Penguins publ.OUP see others
    Gentoo lying on nest
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 11 x 15 cm £100 buy now original illustration in The Penguins publ.OUP see others
    Great Bustards
    unsigned watercolour 23 x 29 cm £300 buy now very similar to the cover of A Birdwatching Guide to Eastern Spain Arlequin Press
    Great Spotted Woodpecker, February
    signed watercolour 1989 20 x 19 cm £350 original illustration for Birds in your Garden February's Chapter page
    Great White Egret
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 10 x 10 cm £100 buy now
    Greater Flamingos
    signed pen and wash drawing 12 x 17 cm £130 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides
    Greenfinch warning
    signed pen and wash drawing 1988 12 x 21 cm £200 original illustration from Birds in your Garden p.128
    Ground Thrush, Christmas Island
    unsigned watercolour 10 x 10 cm in mount 20cm sq £100 buy now original illustration from On the Rocks by Bryan Nelson p.118
    Guardian of Bolderwood, 2000
    signed pencil drawing 32 x 24 cm £350 buy now Illustration from Drawn to the Forest p.50
    Hobby
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 11 x 11 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides
    Jay in tree
    unsigned drawing 12 x 16cm £130 buy now
    King Penguin advertising
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 17 x 12 cm £100 buy now original illustration in The Penguins publ.OUP see others
    King Penguins high pointing
    unsigned drawing 12 x 14 cm £100 buy now original illustration in The Penguins publ.OUP see others
    Little Owl
    unsigned drawing 11 x 11 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides
    Little Ringed Plover and chick
    unsigned drawing 13 x 13 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides
    Macaroni penguin with stones
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 11 x 11 cm £75 buy now original illustration in The Penguins publ.OUP see others
    Macaroni penguin incubating eggs
    initialled pen and wash drawing 12 x 17 cm £100 buy now original illustration in The Penguins publ.OUP see others
    Macaroni penguins jousting
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 12 x 17 cm £100 buy now original illustration in The Penguins publ.OUP see others
    Nightjar
    unsigned pen and wash drawing13 x 18cm£130 buy now
    Northern Carmine Bee-eaters
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 23 x 17 cm £300 buy now
    Oakwoods, Loch Sunart 2004
    signed pencil drawing 30 x 30 cm £250 buy now illustration from Aig an Oir, At the Edge: SWLA Artists in Scotland's Atlantic Oakwoods, Robert Burton, publ Langford Press 2005 p.150
    Pied Wagtail 'trotty wagtail'
    9 x 13 cm Pen and wash in mount 20 x 25 cm £100 buy now original illustration from the RSPB Anthology of Wildlife Poetry p.90
    Puffin PRINT
    Print 16 x 16 cm £40 in mount 30cm sq buy now Illustration from The Gannet by Bryan Nelson p.273
    Red Deer stags jousting
    unsigned watercolour 15 x 23 cm Framed £300 available from Birdscapes Gallery original illustration from On The Rocks by Bryan Nelson p177
    Red-backed Shrike
    signed pen and wash drawing 13 x 13 cm SOLD
    Red-crested Pochards
    signed pen and wash drawing 14 x 14 cm £130 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides
    Redwing on berries, November
    signed watercolour 1988 21 x 17 cm £400 original illustration for Birds in your Garden November's Chapter
    Rockhopper incubating an egg
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 11 x 11 cm £75 buy now original illustration in The Penguins publ.OUP see others
    Rook
    13 x 11 cm Pen and wash, in mount 25 x 20cm £100 buy now original illustration from the RSPB Anthology of Wildlife Poetry p.50
    Rowan
    unsigned pen and wash drawing by John Busby 11 x 14 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Beinn Eighe p.101
    Sardinian Warbler
    signed pen and wash drawing 13 x 12 cm £130 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides
    Scops Owl pen and wash
    15 x 14 cm Pen and wash in mount 30cm sq £150 buy now original illustration from "Birds by NIght" p.124
    Short-toed Larks
    signed pen and wash drawing 14 x 14 cm £130 buy now original illustration in Birds of Eastern Spain Arlequin Press p.25
    Short-toed Tree-creeper
    signed drawing 13 x 10 cm £130 buy now original illustration from Arlequin Press' Birdwatching Guides
    Sitting Gannets on the cliff PRINT
    Print 20 x 23 cm in mount 30x35cm £50 buy now illustration from The Gannet by J Bryan Nelson p.187
    Spotted Flycatcher 2
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 10 x 10cm in mount 20x20 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan p.41
    Spring Arrivals Seen Through the Window 1992
    signed watercolour 37 x 25 cm mounted and framed £600 Illustration from Portrait of a Living Marsh p59 WWF Poland available from Birdscapes Gallery
    Swallow feeding chicks
    unsigned watercolour 11 x 8 cm in mount 25x20cm £100 buy now original illustration from On the Rocks by Bryan Nelson p.168
    Three Macaronis incubating eggs
    initialled pen and wash drawing 16 x 16 cm £150 buy now original illustration in The Penguins publ.OUP see others
    Venerable oak and young birch, 2004
    signed charcoal drawing 32 x 24 cm £300 buy now illustration from Aig an Oir, At the Edge: SWLA Artists in Scotland's Atlantic Oakwoods, Robert Burton, publ Langford Press 2005 p.94
    View Across the Water 2004
    signed watercolour 37 x 28 cm £500 buy now Salen Woods, Sunart, Scotland's West Coast illustration from Aig an Oir, At the Edge: SWLA Artists in Scotland's Atlantic Oakwoods, Robert Burton, publ Langford Press 2005 p.32
    Waved Albatross displaying
    unsigned watercolour 18 x 22cm in mount 40cmsq £400 buy now original illustration from On the Rocks by Bryan Nelson p.50
    White fronted Bee-eaters
    unsigned pen and wash drawing 11 x 12 cm £100 buy now
    willow warblers wing waving display
    signed pen and wash drawing 12 x 21 cm £200 original illustration from Birds in your Garden p.41
    Winter Trees, Bolderwood, 2000
    signed watercolour 35 x 25 cm £450 buy now illustration in Drawn to the Forest p4
    Woodland Creature 2000
    signed pencil drawing with pastel 32 x 25cm Illustration from Drawn to the Forest p51 £350 buy now
    Yellow-vented Bubbul
    unsigned pen and wash drawing9 x 11cm£100 buy now
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