Thursday 12 August 2010

Marwell Wildlife Art Exhibition




It's August and that means the annual MWAS exhibition in Marwell Zoo Hampshire. Now in its 12th year, this event has grown to be one of the biggest wildlife art exhibitions in the UK and is a great place to see and buy some wonderful works of art. This year I will be exhibiting four pieces in the show, including 'Evening Flight' shown here. This old barn was a derelict building when I found it on the Morestead road between Winchester and Bishop's Waltham. Overwhelmed with nettles and brambles, it seemed the perfect home for a Barn Owl and I could imagine one nesting there and then flying out to quarter the adjacent fields in the evening light. I notice now that this barn is being renovated and turned into a home, which is the fate of many old barns in our countryside. Lovely to live in such a place but I can't helping feeling a little sad to see the nettles scraped away and the brambles dug up, removing the homes and food of butterflies and moths. Voles and mice will find no hiding place in new concrete and gravel and the Owls will look elsewhere for a nest site. Maybe the new owner will consider putting up an Owl box just incase one should wish to share the space. What a privilege to have an Owl as a lodger.

Marwell International Wildlife Art Society Exhibition
26 -30th August, 2010
Marwell Hall, Marwell Wildlife, Colden Common,
Winchester, Hants, SO21 1JH.
For more details please contact http://www.miwas.co.uk/

2 comments:

  1. Lovely Painting of the Barn Owl Kim!

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  2. Ps: forgot to say off on my final Biscay trip in the first week of September and maybe you should visit the British Birdfair one year as I feel you would have a market for your paintings!
    Cheers,
    Dave.

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