Category: Birds
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An oil painting of the Avocet, the emblem bird of the RSPB and a schedule 1 species.
An oil painting on a panel of the Avocet, a wading bird and the emblem bird of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. This is one of my favourite birds which happens to have a schedule1rating and the emblem bird of the RSPB. One of the most important things with the painting of […]
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‘The Nuthatch’ (Sitta Europaea)
One of my favorite birds and a frequent visitor to my garden. I have an old pear tree in the middle of my garden and when ever they are about watch them on the pear tree going busily up and down hunting for insects hiding in the bark of the trunk. There just isn’t the […]
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Commissions invited for 2021
One of my favourite common garden birds. I sold this painting from the wall of my North Staffordshire gallery to a very nice couple from Scotland, who were on holiday and paid me a visit at the gallery. Commissions are invited for 2021, any Genre. Fill the form out below and get in touch with […]
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‘An Teallach and Little Loch Broom’ Cattle Watering’
‘This fabled mountain is perhaps the most impressive in Britain, and gives a day of drama and views that will live in the memory forever. An Teallach is a mountain in Scotland. It lies to the southwest of Dundonnell and overlooks Little Loch Broom, in an area often nicknamed the “great wilderness”. An Teallach means […]
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‘Peregrine Falcon’
A truly iconic species and claimed to be the fastest bird on earth.The Peregrine Falcon has been recorded with stoop speeds of over 200 miles per hour! Commissioned painting. Oil on canvas 16″ x 12″ (40.64 cm x 30.48) Commissions invited, any subject, contact me here
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‘The Song Thrush’ Turdus Philomelos
I used to see and here these lovely songsters in my garden frequently. Sadly they are now in serious decline, especially on farm land, and according to the R S P B it is now a Red List species and globally threatened. Oil on panel 8 x 6 ins Available to purchase :: Click here […]
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‘The Spotted Flycatcher’ (Muscicapa Striata)
Oil on panel 8 x 6 ins Available to purchase :: Click here
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‘The Goldfinch’ Carduelis carduelis (2)
An oil painting of a Goldfinch feeding on Teasel. These striking birds are frequent visitors to my garden, they feed on the nyger seed in the feeders sighted opposite the kitchen window and keep me entertained when I break for coffee. Available to purchase :: derek@shapirofineart.com
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‘ King of the River ‘
Here the Kingfisher and one of my favourite British birds, the painting was snapped up by a keen ornithologist after visiting me at the gallery. Oil on canvas 16 x 12 ins Commission welcome, any subject. All enquiries, please click here
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Select Past Works
If you would like to commission a painting, any subject, please click here . View more Derek Shapiro artwork here.