journal - The Natural Gallery

Sangria and Tapas: Our Journey through the Cork Oaks

May 28, 2024
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Thank you to the Natural Gallery fans who came to our book and Dehesa/Montada exhibition launch on Thursday 9th May. We enjoyed a lovely sunny evening so we cracked open the sangria and tapas to welcome the guests. It was a fab mix of raptor biologists, fellow artists and friends and family from Solva. Wonderful […]

map of vulture observations across Spain

paintings and book to raise funds for vultures in the cork oak savanna

We made 132 observations of vulture groups and counted a total of 931 Griffon Vultures soaring around the rocky tops on our month long journey around Alentejo and Extremadura. Testament to the stronghold that the Cork & Holm Oak savannas offer to these giant birds, along with the wild mountain habitats. We thought it would […]

upcoming for the Easter holidays at the Natural Gallery: Our trip to the cork savannas of Spain and Portugal

In September last year my partner Amanda Squire, and I were able to make a journey to explore the amazing cork savannas in Spain and Portugal. We are going to be holding an exhibition of the paintings and photographs from the trip at the Natural Gallery during the Easter holiday and we are producing a […]

water colour painting Dowrog Common, looking towards Penberi

26 February 2024

ahead of the rain, always a good spot to paint – view of Penberi from Dowrog Common

Party time- gallery and book launch!

The gallery is OPEN! We will be celebrating the opening of Rookwood, our new wildlife art gallery at Llanunwas, Solva and the publication (finally! – longest gestation period of any book) of African Raptors: a fieldguide by Bill Clark and Rob Davies with a launch event this Tuesday 12th March 2019. Doors open 5pm. All […]

Caught in the rain

Quite separately Rob and I headed out along the coast on the same wintery afternoon. Rob was out for his run around the coast from Rookwood with Ketchup the dog, and I had cadged a lift in to St David’s and was walking home to Solva via the coast path. Our afternoons collided seconds after […]

Rookwood Studios gallery – opening soon!

Rookwood Studios is a gallery specialising in landscape and wildlife art. Its home is a converted barn on a farm estate near the fishing village of Solva in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The gallery displays work representative of the rich natural heritage of the UK’s only coastal national park but it features work by […]