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Wetlands
for Life Award |
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I was recently granted the first Wildfowl
and Wetlands Trust bursary celebrating ‘Wetlands for
Life’ awarded by the WWT and the SWLA. The resulting artwork is a triptych (93" x 13") in acrylic. It is now travelling... along with some of the studies.
This work is about a journey… From Svalbard via
northern Norway to Caerlaverock, with Barnacle geese... For
me it’s
from a starting point at WWT Caerlaverock, a transient
point for the geese: a middle ground in the cycle, for feeding
and breeding which takes them to Ny Ålesund in
the arctic.
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After time at WWT Caerlaverock, I have become
totally engaged by these birds –
their behaviour and their very essence… and the incredible journey they undertake every year.
A circle of flying, feeding, flying, breeding...
I sketched through an enormous pair of binoculars in the Tower and filled a |
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I am
inspired by two things, amongst many, with these birds on
their winter grounds |
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Flight patterns –
lines arriving and departing – dusting the sky
with erratic behaviour in the early morning and evening,
though so perfectly formed and almost choreographed. |
and Feeding lines – dense,
energetic moving shapes interacting although separate… |
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This project helps highlight previous WWT and international
work in these areas and also the important ecological links
of this route; several thousand miles apart...
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I am grateful to all who have helped me with information and
images - in particular Brian Morrell and Dr Larry Griffin at , and
at the University of Groningen. |
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