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ROOK I

1998

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Study of an exquisite Rook.

In order to study a subject such as a bird, you have three choices - you can either study it from life, from photographs or dead.

Photos can be hugely informative, but are a different experience. It is not always satisfactory to study birds on the wing in detail, so the option of working from death has an enduring appeal. There is also a poignancy, and a little melancholy, to this practice which makes me ever more thoughtful when I am looking and drawing.

Category:
Fauna

Location: Indoor

Size: Medium

Dimensions: Plate Size: 16.5cm X 20.5cm

Medium: Soft Ground Etching Printed with five coloured inks

Edition size: Edition of 25

Collection: Private and Artist`s Collections

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