El regreso. lápiz acuarelable, collage y pétalos secos sobre papel. The Return. watercolour pencil, collage and dried petals on paper.
Incendio. A medida que los incendios forestales se vuelven más feroces y frecuentes en toda Europa, podemos ver la devastación que causan en cultivos, árboles, plantas, animales y aves.
Los Testigos. lápiz acuarelable sobre papel. The Witnesses. watercolour pencil on paper
Algunas de las especies de aves locales –abubillas, alcaudón común, oropéndolas. lápiz acuarelable sobre papel.
Some of the local bird species – Hoopoes, Woodchat Shrike, Golden Orioles. Watercolor pencil on paper
Mariposa Cleopatra y otras mariposas de España. lapiz acuarelable sobre papel. Cleopatra butterfly and other butterflies of Spain. watercolour pencil on paper.
Breves Encuentros. lápiz acuarelable sobre papel. Brief Encounters. watercolour pencil on paper
Garden Birds
Birds nests graphite on paper exploring the complexity of the structures of birds nests.
“The beasts are by their dens expressed; And birds contrive an equal nest; No creature loves an empty space; Their bodies measure out their place.” Andrew Marvell, 1651
Losing Colour – four of the many birds on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species – Azores Bullfinch, White-browed Bush Chat, Madagascan Rock Thrush, Bali Starling.
Albatross – The title of these three watercolour drawings are quoted lines from the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The central motif of the poem, the senseless killing of an Albatross, has its contemporary equivalent in the senseless killing of the seabird by the ingestion of discarded plastic items which now litter our oceans and beaches. The drawings were made as a forensic examination of the unnatural combination of three elements – bones, feathers and plastic.
Fair Exchange – butterflies for commodities
“Now you see me …… “ Birdwatching. Sometimes it’s not easy
Morocco – Bones, Desert Tracks and Leopardskin
Hummingbirds and Medieval Landscape
Murmurations
These drawings are an attempt to capture the speed and movement of Starlings. The drawings are made by using a scalpel to scrape back a thin layer of acrylic ink from the surface of latex rubber.
Yvonne Elvin 