Ian Hedley Art

The small Lodmoor RSPB reserve, tucked into Weymouth next-door to the tip, was one of my sanity saving places during the Covid pandemic.

I saw some swifts, just a glimpse out of the corner of my eye, flitting, turning, and then gone, flooding my whole being with joy.

White Nothe (pronounced to rhyme with nose, which is what the word means) is a high point on the southern side of the Isle of Purbeck, in Dorset, on the Jurassic Coast.

When I took the reference photo for this drawing I hadn’t noticed the anti-crepuscular rays towards the right.

Studland beach on a beautiful winter’s day.

I started this drawing a year ago although it hasn’t been the only picture I worked on.

I don’t mind admitting I was a bit nervous about this year’s SGFA Open.

Lussy was a pre-Christmas commission for a couple in Switzerland.

Last year was a strange and lumpy one.

The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts is a society promoting fine art across the south west of England.