"Wildlife Art" Blogs & Blog Posts

Eagle Owl © Tracy Hall 20163.25" x 2" Watercolour on HPBack from a wonderful summer in beautiful Brittany where I completed this miniature of a european eagle owl, started in demonstration at the Hilliard Society exhibition (shown enlarged above). T...

Rabbit © Tracy Hall 20162.25" x 1.75" WatercolourSince the sad demise of one of our cats and one of our dogs in the last couple of years, both seasoned hunters, the wildlife around our patch of island has increased dramatically. The remaining cat an...

Sparrows at Tafnica © Tracy Hall 20162" x 3.5" Watercolour on HP boardWhere does the time go?! Already nearing the end of March and I am woefully behind with the blog! My latest miniature features a pair of house sparrows nest building in a fusty co...

Wheatear © Tracy Hall 2016Watercolour 2" x 4"My first painting of 2016, completed over the Christmas break, is a miniature of a Wheatear pausing on a rusty old farm machine (reliably informed it was once part of a reaper!). I'm not sure whether this...

Great Yellow Bumblebees on Kidney Vetch and Sea Plantain © Tracy Hall 2015 3" x 4" Watercolour on ArchesMy latest painting is a small work painted in the miniature style featuring two Great Yellow Bumblebees. It was a special commission an...

The most irritating question you can ask an artist, well this one anyway. It drives me nuts. 'How long did it take....' I'm certain of course that no annoyance is intended but why is it that visitors to my exhibitions or viewers online feel compelled...

Swallow Fledglings (Hirundo rustica) © Tracy Hall 20151.75" x 3.5" Watercolour on Arches HPThe arrival of Spring hasn't done much for the weather here in the northern isles, but it has bought the swallows back and this painting harks back to last au...