A selection of original paintings of Birds and Wildlife.

Please contact Peter if you are interested in buying any of the original paintings, listed as “Available”, as they are still for sale. However, because of their varying sizes, fames, post and packing, etc, it is not possible to include all the options for buying on this website.

The original paintings shown as “Private Collection” have already been sold, but giclee prints of those paintings are still available, and can be ordered by adding them to your shopping basket on this website.

Crowned Cranes, Kenya.

This is one of a series of paintings produced after a sixteen day ornithological safari in Kenya. The original painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

Some long-term friends of Peter were telling him about their plans for an ornithological  holiday to Kenya. Peter’s asked them to make a note of the accommodation where they stayed and then to let him know, after their return, whether it would be possible for him to do the same in the future.

To cut a long-story short, it was decided that by carefully selecting the safari base-camps, it could be possible and a few years later Peter and Phyl joined their friends on a return 16 day ornithological safari to Kenya!

Elephant Family, Kenya.

This is one of a series of paintings taken after a sixteen day ornithological safari in Kenya. The original painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

Although Peter was on a safari to study the birds of Kenya, the long daily trips, by Landrover, into the wilds of Kenya,  brought them into regualar contact with all of the other wildlife surrounding them. It was extremely tiring, as they were up before dawn and normally reached their base-camps just in time for an evening meal, and then bed!

Elephants and Kilimanjaro.

This is one of a series of paintings taken after a sixteen day ornithological safari in Kenya. The oil painting is available and giclee prints are also available.

This painting was inspired while bird-watching at a nature reserve at Ambosseli, in the south of Kenya. Peter stayed a the base-camp for four days and, occasionally in the early mornings, they caught a glimpse of the mighty Mount Kilimanjaro, which was about forty miles away in Tanzania.

While they were studying birds on the lake, what appeared to be a “dust-devil” appeared over the salt-flats. It gradually came closer and they realised it was the dust being kicked-up, by this line of elephants. They walked straight into the lake, and Peter just knew that it would make an interesting painting. 

Giraffes, Kenya.

This is one of a series of paintings taken after a sixteen day ornithological safari in Kenya. The original painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

They say that giraffes, because of their unique proportions, must have been designed by a committee. However, in spite of their extremely long legs and neck, they are very elegant. Peter found several groups of giraffe on their safari, including a few older males and some very young with thier mothers.

Zebras, Kenya.

This is one of a series of paintings taken after a sixteen day ornithological safari in Kenya. The original painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

Nearly evertime that the group found Zebras they were travelling with heards of Wildebeast. This painting, like most of the others in this series, was composed from a wide variety of sketches and photographs, after Peter had returned home to England. It was a wonderful way of recapturing what was a wonderful experience in Kenya.

Lioness, Kenya.

This is one of a series of paintings taken after a sixteen day ornithological safari in Kenya. The original painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

Although the group met Lions on many occasions, the males were usually alone, or in pairs. The majority of the other  lions were in family groups. It was quite sobering to note that, while travelling in the Landrover, several times when they stopped to study the birds in the trees they then noticed a group of lions lying asleep under the trees. Up until then, they had no idea that they were there!

In all of the sixteen days on safari, they only saw a lion-kill once. They had been watching the comical, but fierce, warthogs running around with their tails errect. They then noticed a pair of lionesses gradually closing in on one of the warthogs. After a quick chase they caught it and, eventually, shared it between them selves.

Rhinos and Flamingos, Kenya.

This is one of a series of paintings taken after a sixteen day ornithological safari in Kenya. The original painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

This painting was a commission, but it summed up what our safari was all about. Although they were studying the dainty and elegant birds, in exactly the same locations they could also be watching big game. The group saw several White Rhionoceros and literally millions of flamingos.

The salt lakes attracted Flamingos and the massive areas of pink could be seen around the lakeside from miles away. Initially, they would appear to be standing still, but on closer inspection there was a constant moving around within the flock. Occasionally, they would take to the air in huge numbers, and that was probably the fisrst indication that there was a massice Sea Eagle on the hunt above them.

Lake Illawara, Australia.  

Lake Illawara, Australia

 The original painting is now in a Private Collection, in Australia, but giclee prints are available.

We were due to go to Australia in 2004, to visit Phyl’s sister. In the meantime, I had been waiting to have a small tumour removed from my lower eyelid, by a simple operation, under a local anasthetic. The opereation was cancelled at short notice,  several times, but |I was reassured that it would not be a proble. However, a few weeks before we were due to travel to Australia, the operation went ahead. After several attempts to remove the tumour, taking all day under local anasthetics, I was eventually told that the surgeon would have to remove my eye the next day as the tumour has spread through muscle and into the nerves! Naturally, the trip to Australia was cancelled.

A year later, after partially recovering from the traumatic operation, we travelled to Australia and stayed in a small holiday cabin, by Lake Illiwara, in New Soth Wales. We had a very relaxing month, with daily bird-watching walks around the lake and the adjacent sea shore, and daily visits from Phyl’s sister. This painting sums up the feel of that holiday.

Otter, Cumbria.

This is one of a series of wildlife paintings . The original painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

The otter is probably one of my favourite wild animals in Great Britain. This particular Otter was seen on the border of Cumria in the northern Pennines.

Thankfully, their numbers now seem to be increasing, possibly bcause of re-introduction programmes across the country. There is no doubt about the pleasure that they bring when these extremely shy animals are seen.

Teamwork.

This painting was a commission and is in a Private Collection. However, giclee prints are available.

This was one of the very rare occasions where I accepted a commission for a subject that I knew nothing about! However, just at the time when I was asked to paint this commission, there were some horse carriage trials, and competitions, being hels at the Lincolnshire Show-ground. 

As the Showground was only a few miles from our home, I decided to spend the next few days there. Armed with my sketchbooks and camera, I spent many intense hours watching and recording the horses, as well as the wide variety of horse-drawn carriages and their well dressed drivers.

English Rose.

This original pastel painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

Very occasionally, I feel as though I must paint a special flower that I see growing in our garden. In this case it was a Rose.

As our bungalow is built under several very mature trees in our garden, roses are not one of our big successes! However, sometimes we do have a wonderful show, and this was one of those times. This painting was in pastel, but I also painted that same rose in oils, on canvas. 

Sunflower.

This original oil painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

This was another exception to the general rule of not painting flowers. There is no real reason for not wanting to paint flowers. It is probably just because I have other subjects that I want to get on with, but not enough time to do them all!

In this instance, a Sunflower seed had fallen out of the bird-feeder and had started to grow naturally in the garden. Over the next few weeks we saw it grow taller and taller. When the flowere eventually formed and opened up, who could resist painting it!

Vase and Fruit.

This original pastel painting is in a Private Collection, but giclee prints are available.

This is one of my rare still life paintings. It was inspired by a kind neighbour who asked if I would like to borrow her favourite art-deco vase, to put into a painting. I didn’t want to sat no, and thought about it for some time. Eventually, I decided to put it into a group, with a basket of fruit. I have taken the liberty of calling the fruit “wildlife”, so that I can include this painting on my website!

 I also decided to make a large pastel painting of the group, as I really do enjoy working with pastels. There is no other medium where I can get such bright, rich colours, but they are very messy to work with!