If you are a regular to my blog, you will know that White-tailed Eagles are a favourite of mine to paint. The model for this portrait was a young female White-tailed Eagle called ‘Snatch’, who was the resident White-tailed Eagle at Blair Drummond Safari Park. I visited Blair Drummond in 2011, and took many photos […]
My drawing of a male White-tailed Eagle with a flounder fish. The eagle is clutching his meal in his razor sharp talons, while perching on a wooden post encased in seaweed, situated in the Eden Estuary, Fife, Scotland. Meet the eagle This particular eagle is a male who was brought over from Norway as a […]
The story behind this drawing of a White-tailed Eagle on the Isle of Mull. This eagle and his mate regularly flew past, or over, the house where I was staying on the Isle of Mull, back in March 2015. The scene in the drawing captures a moment the male flew low over the trees next […]
This blog takes a look at the inspiration behind one of my wildlife art paintings: Golden Eagle, Golden Skye. During November 2013, I was undertaking a long walk on the Isle of Skye. It was mid-morning and the light across to the Outer Hebrides was stunning. Shafts of sunlight broke through the clouds, illuminating the […]
This is the story of the inspiration behind my watercolour painting of two White-tailed Eagles soaring above Castle Island during winter. Castle Island is situated in Loch Leven, within the small county of Kinross-shire. The castle on the island is famous for being the location where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in 1567. Eagles […]