Preying In The Snow Landscape The Times - 20th December

The Times - 20th December 1873

creating a striking study of intimacy

to hang together to tell the ending of their story (as JJ sees it) - should be arrested

Butler brings this sunlit bay to life with texture

Rendered in his signature style of monochromatic backgrounds with vibrant splashes of colour

Preying In The Snow Landscape The Times - 20th DecemberI used to put nuts on top of a dry stone wall in winter to attract birds which I could then view from my studio window just a few metres away whilst I worked. I witnessed many magical moments from that window a great spotted woodpecker being repeatedly chased away by a robin a tenth of its size, so many elusive long tailed tits appeared at the same time that I couldnt count them, the wrens, the chaffinches, nuthatches, pheasants, the crows and ravens