‘Rockhopper Hop!’
I am an artist who loves painting in lovely North Wales. I paint birds, mostly in oils on hand stretched canvas – birds are an endless source of interest and fascination, and I am particularly inspired by the works of Eric Ennion, who said that the essential motive in painting birds was not to portray the species in general but to capture the essence of ‘that particular and individual bird alive before you while you sketch’. I have travelled to the Arctic, Senegal and recently the Falkland Islands sketching and photographing birds.
A bird icon, a hinged work – this is the inside
And this is the front!
In 2020 I was supposed to be taking part in pop-up exhibition at the lovely Plas Bodfa, an old country house in Anglesey. I worked hard on creating an installation, which unfortunately had to be cancelled at the last minute due to the dreaded coronavirus. The wonderful Crumps Barn Studio have made a video of what might have been. Click here to watch it on vimeo.
My book ‘Little Terns and Sea Holly’, a diary based on several years’ observation of the Nature Reserve at Gronant Dunes, Prestatyn, where Little Terns nest, has just been published by Penlan Publishing (click here for link!). This follows the tiny birds from migration from West Africa, through courtship, nesting, bringing up babies, and return home. I even followed them to Senegal, where they overwinter among the mangrove swamps. This is one of the illustrations for the book:
Little Tern, watercolour
Academically speaking, I have an MA in European Studies and the Postgraduate Diploma in Translation Studies, and have written one book of historical research, ‘The City of Ottawa: the story of a sailing ship’, for which I made a preliminary translation into French: this has just been published by Éditions GID in Quebec as ‘Le City of Ottawa: l’histoire d’un grand voilier’. I am available for freelance French – English translating.
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See the book pages for details of how to buy these books!
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Hi Judith, the email address you gave me is returning the mails.
The publisher I mentioned is
http://www.writersworkshop.co.uk
Hope it’s useful.
Leo
Thanks Leo, really appreciate it! Sorry you couldn’t get through on my email, don’t know what’s wrong with it, seems to be working OK!
Hi Judith,
Many Thanks for the follow at naturestimeline, much appreciated.
Best Wishes
Tony Powell
Look forward to reading future blogs, Tony
Hi Judith
I’ve just discivered and immeadiately bought your lovely book Little Terns and Sea Holly. Would you mind if I did a review of it on the Dee Estuary Birding Website – http://www.deeestuary.co.uk? Would it be possible to include a very short extract from the book – say a paragraph or two?
Hi Richard
Thank you for your kind words! That would be absolutely fine, I’d be delighted. If you could send me the link when you’ve done it that would be even better! Perhaps mention that it’s available from my website http://www.penlanpublishing.com/buy-now/ ?
Best wishes Judith