A - Z of Animals - ONE SOLD
By Helen Ward
Original artworks
Watercolour and ink on Saunders Waterford paper
Framed size for all: H: 40cm x W: 52cm (approx)
In order as above:
Emu & Chicks
John Dory
Vulture
Wolves
Numbat (SOLD)
Bee-Eaters
We are the first gallery to show Helen's work. Her extraordinary ability to capture the spirit and likeness of every possible species of animal, bird and fish is often breathtaking in its detail and sensitivity.
In watercolour and ink these astonishing creatures take shape - utterly beautiful in their stances and expressions as in the minute brush strokes that creates fur and feathers.
Combining her experience as an author and illustrator, Helen always imbues each creature with its own identity and narrative. The drawings are immaculate and detailed and the surface textures and coloration exquisite.
Among the more unusual animals in this collection is the Australian numbat, also known as the noombat or walpurti, which is an endangered, termite-eating marsupial, and a trio of technicolour Bee-Eaters who normally nest in southern Europe and north Africa before heading down to southern Africa in winter.
The pieces in this series were once destined for a book but it was never published - so these we are lucky enough to be able to offer these originals as pure artworks instead. The broader range is available in various sizes, both framed (by Sarah at Eight Bells Framing in Tetbury) and unframed.
ABOUT HELEN WARD
Award-winning Helen Ward has been writing and illustrating children's books for more than 30 years. She grew up in a family of artists.
She trained at Brighton School of Art, under the direction of well-known children's illustrators such as Raymond Briggs, Justin Todd and Chris McEwan. In her final year at Brighton, she was awarded the first Walker Prize for Children's Illustration.
In watercolour and ink, these astonishing creatures take shape - utterly beautiful in their stances and expressions as in the minute detail that creates fur and feathers.
We'll continue to show her work this summer and winter and it will be available in various sizes, both framed (by Sarah at Eight Bells Framing in Tetbury) and unframed.
Awards for Helen's work include The National Art Library Awards 1998 and 2001 for The Hare and the Tortoise and her version of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows in the Templar Classic series, and The National Art Library Award for The Tin Forest. She was shortlisted for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award in 2003 for The Cockerel and the Fox. This book also won the award in the children’s trade category at the British Book Design and Production Awards presented in November 2003.