Thursday, 26 March 2009
HAWKING AT HERONS
This is my newest pencil sketch, in a yet slightly unfinished state, as more loose feathers are still being drawn. It is a sort of study for a Saker on a Houbara, so stay posted for developments.
Labels:
falconry,
falconry art,
Heron hawking,
Peregrine,
Peregrine Falcon
MONGOLIAN FALCONERS
This image appeared in the Illustrated London News on 18 May 1901, as part of an article about English falconer Gordon
Robinson. It appears in the de Chamerlet book Falconry and Art, in a black and white
version. I am not quite sure if the London News printed this in colour, so the provenance of this print is still undetermined.
BEE-EATER BY KEULEMANS
This is one that is neither my work nor a falconry image. However,
it is a rare lithographic print by Keulemans. Dr. Richard Soffer saw it
at my house in and told me it was done ex-libris as a promotional offer to
patrons. I got a hold of them at Weldon & Wesley when they were moving a
few years ago. Little did I know then how rare they were. One site nicely
in my flat with a gold frame around it.
it is a rare lithographic print by Keulemans. Dr. Richard Soffer saw it
at my house in and told me it was done ex-libris as a promotional offer to
patrons. I got a hold of them at Weldon & Wesley when they were moving a
few years ago. Little did I know then how rare they were. One site nicely
in my flat with a gold frame around it.
Friday, 6 March 2009
This is a drawing of a Harris' Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)I did in 1991. Working a lot this week in pencil, and I like to go back over the old work and revive my memory of certain techniques, so I pulled out a lot of items I had not seen for a while, including a number of sketches of the birds here in the Natural History Museum. They have a nice Harpy Eagle, and had, but took down, the Philippine (Monkey Eating) Eagle, so I am glad I sketched it when it was around. One Harpy Eagle is already up, it is the largest work I have at hand, about A1 size and in oil.
Monday, 2 March 2009
Here is a simple painting I did some years ago and used to illustrate Sirdar Mohamed Osman's Musings of an Afghan Falconer. It is a Laggar Falcon hunting Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse. The falcon usually sneaks up on them at the wadi, when thousands congregate for a drink, and takes the weakest link.
This accipiter is just killing time. A Goshawk at rest, but still alert, with its ruby red eye on the sky.
Labels:
Accipiter gentilis,
falconry,
falconry art,
Goshawk,
Kenyon Gibson
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