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Martin Ridley Newsletter - May 2004 british bird paintings and prints by bird artist martin ridley

RELOCATION

Since the last newsletter Jill and I have relocated to Comrie near Crieff in Highland Perthshire on the edge of the Trossach National Park.

Unfortunatley our plans for the self-build house did not come to fruition, however we have been lucky enough to find another house in a splendid location rich in wildlife and surrounded by stunning scenery. Already some of the regular sightings from our garden have included roe deer, brown hares, red squirrels, ospreys, woodcock and red kite.

The house was originally a weaver's cottage, and provides me with a much larger and more efficient working space. We have plans to further improve the layout of the house and garden which will keep us busy for a few years!


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Martin Ridley
Rossal, The Ross, Comrie, Crieff, Perthshire
Scotland PH6 2JU

Telephone: 01764 670 695 (UK) +44 1764 670 695 (International)
 
Tawny Owl Chick
Tawny owls have nested using an owl nest box just beyond the end of our garden.

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Red Squirrel

Roe Buck and Fox Gloves


Hills above Comrie

Brown Hare

WORK IN PROGESSS "ON THE EASEL"

At the moment I am working on a large painting depicting brown hares after a fresh fall of snow. For a while I spent every fine evening studying the local hares. Now the spring grass is getting too long for a clear view. It was easy to see in excess of twenty hares every evening, in one particular field there are usually at least a dozen. I can now recognise some hares individually and my knowledge about their behaviour has increased as a result.

Back in the studio, beginning with small doodles of compositions I worked on layouts with single hares but with my visual memory so packed full of hares I was drawn to compositions involving multiple hares. My final composition depicts a regular occurrence, the huddled hare is a doe not interested in receiving any attention. Behind her is a dominant male shunned but in attendance and enter foreground a new young buck. I'm trying to capture the body language of each hare.

I tried lots of branches covered in snow in the foreground, but it looked busy and in the process of trying to frame the hares started to look a little contrived. I prefer the feeling of space in the attached design, the foreground is replaced by flowing snow drifts and the busy texture of snow laden twigs is reserved for a fragmented strip just beyond the hares. The horizontal banding further back in the composition is a trick that works well combined with movement across a composition. The far distance is a line of treetops just visible above the hilltop. I'm just beginning the actual oil painting.

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"ON THE EASEL" / COMMISSIONS

The "On the Easel" page has now repeatedly been used to share the creative process with customers commissioning bespoke artwork. Clients are able to follow the progress of their commission on-line and are sent an email whenever the page has an updated camera shot of their artwork. This idea is proving very popular and saving or printing the images of the developing painting from the web page adds a little extra to the provenance of the finished painting.

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EXPLORING THE HILLS

With so much exciting new territory to explore Jill and I have been putting on our walking boots at every opportunity. Many of the winter walks have been my favourites. I'm always drawn to trying to capture the effects of weather and landscapes transformed by a real Scottish winter are about as good as it gets.


Ben Vorlich and Stuc a Chroin

Auchnafree Hill


Beinn a Ghlo

Benvane above Loch Lubnaig

PRINTS

You will be pleased to hear that I have launched a number of new prints since the last newsletter and that following requests some of the existing prints have been made available on a larger scale.

 
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NEW PAINTINGS

I regularly post fresh work on the website. New paintings are invariably displayed on the site before anybody else has the opportunity to view them. The end of 2003 saw my stock of paintings rather depleted. In 2004 I aim to build up a volume of new work by participating in fewer events. This should give me more time to focus on the creativity.
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YOUR REQUESTS

I am using your requests as a guide to help me decide which images to publish next. Please vote for the images that you would like to purchase if they were available as prints.
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"New Arrivals", pink-footed geese
Oil painting, 61 x 29 inches
Original sold

NEXT EXHIBITING EVENT

I nearly sold out of originals at the end of 2003 and need to start 2004 with an uninterupted period of painting. I want to try and build up a stock of new work before I get involved in any major exhibitions.

Details of one or two smaller events are posted on my Forthcoming Events page.

 
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Perthshire, Scotland PH6 2JU

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