Stephen Chambers Art

Guy Allen Dachshund and Butterfly Etching Edition Size: 75 Year Completed: 2015 Image Size: H 40m x W 54 cm Approximate Size When Framed: H 69c...

The Esquimaux Dog 1887 Etching

The Thibet Dog 1887 Etching

Brodie Standing [08] Limited Edition Etching , hand printed on Hanemulle etching paper Edition of 75 Image size: H:30.5 cm x W:51 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:45 cm x W:64 cm x D:.15cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look N.B. Original Print, handmade and hand printed etching. An old friend of mine, Brodie the Scottish Terrier. He was a regular at the shows and a wonderful character. Animals have always been at the heart of my work. I find the form, movement and behaviour of the creatures I draw a source of limitless fascination. I love the idea of them watching me, watching them as I draw. I hope my appreciation of the sentience and character of the animals I draw comes across in my work. Over my career I have drawn everything from primates to penguins, dogs, ostriches and even an echidna. These days dogs are my main focus, mostly because I adore dogs but also because they are such an integral part of life. I am delighted by the theory that humans and dogs co evolved, we wouldn’t be what we are without them and vice versa. I try to pare my images down to a balanced simplicity that directs attention to the subject of the picture. I try to balance the subject and the space it occupies, giving each equal importance. Light is hugely important to my work, I imagine my subject in three dimensions as I draw and the light describes the musculature and texture that gives the drawing it’s presence and grounds it in the picture. I aim to capture a pause, a moment where whatever I draw looks like it could wander off or leap up any minute. My influences include Japanese prints, Chinese and Japanese brush drawing and the European artists who were influenced by Japan. I am really excited by composition, by artists like Bonnard and Leon Spilliaert...

Edward Donovan (1768–1837) was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history speci...

'Egyptians, Crocodile Catching' Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) after John Heavenside Clark (c1770-1863). From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports'. Samuel Howitt w...

Tammy Mackay’s photopolymer print “The Bearded One” is the largest of three prints from her Goat series. The image of the goat is deeply rooted in her childhood and so is one of nost...

The Rough Collie 1887 Etching

“Dundreary,”a Blue Tan Terrier 1887 Etching

Badger Studies is an original etching by Will Taylor. It explores animal images and mathematics, including engineering analysis of tunnel linings. Each impression is marked on the re...

Edward Donovan (1768–1837) was an Anglo Irish writer, natural history illustrator and amateur zoologist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was an avid collector of natural history speci...

The Grecian Greyhound 1887 Etching