Collecting wild bird eggshells has become a hobby of the past, as the majority of today’s children experience nature via their televisions or museum displays. But Tony Ladd has made…
Art & antiques
Tristram Lewis, sporting artist
Inspired by Munnings from a young age, Tristram Lewis tells Janet Menzies why he swapped his paintbrush for Plasticine to immortalise a great racehorse in bronze. For more sporting art,…
Zaza Shelley, sporting artist
It is rare to find sporting art that is actually about the animals but this is what Zaza Shelley has dedicated herself to. Hours of careful observation is how she…
Kate Brooks, sporting artist
Returning to Leicestershire for one final season before the hunting ban, Kate Brooks needed to find a way to earn. Her sporting art, full of character without being anthropomorphised, proved…
Nichola Eddery, sporting artist
Taking on a commission to paint the racehorse, Frankel, in a deliberate reference to Stubbs was no small feat for Nichola Eddery. But she put herself into training and even…
How to get a bargain at auction
Buying at auction can allow you to buy your heart’s desire at a fraction of the shop price, but costly disasters still need to be avoided. Roger Field offers his…
Colin Woolf, sporting artist
Colin Woolf was once told he would never be able to paint for a living. But having done so for 25 years, he understands that sporting art is much more…
Ian MacGillivray, sporting artist
Ian MacGillivray uses his sporting art to voice the entire journey of stalking. Not just that glimpse of the stag. With fears that sport is being brought to us in…
Holt’s Auctioneers sale to be held on Thursday 15 September
Holt’s Auctioneers hold their next sale of fine modern and antique guns this Thursday 15 September. The third of their quarterly main auctions of the year, there are more than…
Freddy Paske, sporting artist
Freddy Paske may have left one war behind when he left the Army but his sporting art has led him to documenting another. Janet Menzies speaks to Freddy Paske about…