Saturday 4 April 2015

Pterodrmas, Great and Sooty Shearwaters. Guache .
    The only reason I have created this blog and gone against my almost pathological hatred of the internet (my only reason- my daughter and others would say something along the lines of being an incompetent /miserable dinosaur!) is that I need a shop-window to display-and hopefully sell my artwork! The "social-media" side I just can't  be doing with. What I am trying to say is that a shop-window is ALL this is, I won't be replying to comments, and if people want to "chat" that is what people do face to face, on the 'phone, or as a last resort via e-mail! It's not just that I'm a miserable bugger- it's as much that I am no good at this stuff- I don't know how to use it, I take too long doing what little I manage, and I don't know the etiquette. This is no excuse for incompetence though, so I am sorry if this is less than professional- hopefully I will improve with practice!
    So having already alienated most of my potential
customers, and shown myself to be a shameful
hypocrite welcome to "Last resort bird art"! The
title is "officially" a massively witty play on the
fact that I live in Penzance, but I think now you
have read this far, you will realise that isn't strict-
ly true- it's far more literal!

   Before posting copies of the "art" in question I must explain that I am doing so without full possession of the facts in some cases- namely the pieces that are currently at BIRDscapes Gallery, Glandford, Norfolk. I will update details when I have them confirmed e.g. gallery price, framed size etc.
   Finally, and most important - I need to thank Tim Worfolk for endless patience, encouragement, and teaching me my rudimentary internet skills, "without whom none of this would have been possible!"- yes folks- it's all his fault!

Artwork

  If you are interested in any of the following, or need to know more please contact me by e-mail at martinelliott.sennen@googlemail.com

PLATES

Trindade Petrels.. Gouache original, 15x22cm un-framed- £100. This and following 5 plates are original artwork from "North Atlantic Seabirds- Pterodromas".

Kermadec and dark phase Soft-plumaged Petrels, gouache original, 16x22cm un-framed- £100. SOLD

Fea's, Zino's, and Soft-plumaged Petrels., gouache original. SOLD

Atlantic and Great-winged Petrels, gouache original. SOLD

Bermuda, Black-capped, Fea's and Zino's Petrels, gouache original, 36x29cm un-framed- £400. SOLD

Great and Sooty Shearwaters, Black-capped, Bermuda, Fea's, Zino's, Soft-plumaged, Trindade, Kermadec, Great-winged, and Atlantic Petrels, gouache original, 28x22cm un-framed- £300.



    The following 3 pieces are original artwork from "A reference guide to the Gulls of the Americas" by Steve N.G. Howell and Jon Dunn, Peterson Reference Guides 2007

Juvenile Ross's Gulls, gouache original, 15.5x23 cm -£90.

Juvenile Red-legged Kittiwake, gouache original, 19x14.5 cm- £55.

Juvenile Red-legged Kittiwake, gouache original, 15.5x13 cm- £30.

OILS
Bonxie, Foula, oil on canvas. SOLD

Great Shearwater and European Storm Petrels, oil on canvas-board, private commission.

Glaucous and Great Black-backed Gulls Newlyn, oil-sketch on canvas-board, BIRDscapes

Great Black-backed Gulls, oil on paper, BIRDscapes

Lapwings and Greenland Wheatear, Sennen, oil on canvas-board, BIRDscapes

Bonxie, Foula, oil sketch on paper, BIRDscapes

Eider, male, Mount's Bay, oil "sketch" on ply, 20x15 cm- £45.

Black Redstart , male, Penzance Harbour, oil on ply, 20x 15 cm- £55.