Great Auk

2025

Original Print, hand made and hand printed by the artist. A penguin on a mission, a gentoo penguin striding along in the indomitable way a penguin does. Helen Fay is available online and in our gallery at Wychwood Art. Animals have always been at the heart of my work. I find the form, movement and behaviour of the creatures I draw a source of limitless fascination. I love the idea of them watching me, watching them as I draw. I hope my appreciation of the sentience and character of the animals I draw comes across in my work. Over my career I have drawn everything from primates to penguins, dogs, ostriches and even an echidna. These days dogs are my main focus, mostly because I adore dogs but also because they are such an integral part of life. I am delighted by the theory that humans and dogs co evolved, we wouldn’t be what we are without them and vice versa. I try to pare my images down to a balanced simplicity that directs attention to the subject of the picture. I try to balance the subject and the space it occupies, giving each equal importance. Light is hugely important to my work, I imagine my subject in three dimensions as I draw and the light describes the musculature and texture that gives the drawing it’s presence and grounds it in the picture. I aim to capture a pause, a moment where whatever I draw looks like it could wander off or leap up any minute. My influences include Japanese prints, Chinese and Japanese brush drawing and the European artists who were influenced by Japan. I am really excited by composition, by artists like Bonnard and Leon Spilliaert. I have long been a fan of Munch for his direct markmaking, colour and intensity and at the other end of the spectrum, Hammershoi for his limited palette, sense of space and calm. I am interested in black and white photography and film and have recently discovered and been amazed by the films of Yasujiro Ozu. The photographs of Andrei Tarkovsky are favourites too. Lastly, I would like to namecheck a great influence in natural history illustration...

Black Headed Gull by Fiona Hamilton [2019] limited_edition Screen print on paper Edition number 50, 2nd edition Image size: H:25 cm x W:35 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:25 cm x W:35 cm x D:0.1mmcm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Fiona Hamilton Black Headed Gull Original limited edition screen print Silkscreen on Fabriano Rosaspina Sheet/Canvas Size: 25cm x 30cm Sold unframed Free Shipping Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look. Fiona Hamilton is a printmaker based in Bristol. Interested in process she uses a combination of mediums, both traditional and contemporary, to produce unique imagery, often as one off pieces or in small limited editions. She currently works in silkscreen, cyanotype and foil. Fiona’s artwork draws on a lot of natural themes such as plants, leaves, trees and creatures including lots of birds. She mostly works directly from nature or from photographs she has taken. She regularly lugs a heavy telephoto lens about to get photos of birds...

Abstract French lithograph, circa 1980. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame. Archival plasti...

Bird is an original etching and aquatint realized by Leo Guida in 1980. Good condition. First state and final state, artist proof and hand signed. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensit...