Description
Adapted from The Oldie magazine's Birds of the Month column, this delightful collection includes 66 beautiful bird prints by renowned wildlife artist Carry Akroyd accompanied by John McEwen's beautifully written text.
About the Author
Carry Akroyd is a painter and printmaker living in Northamptonshire. Landscape is her usual subject, and as a bird-noticer, they usually fly into the pictures. Accidentally becoming an illustrator, Carry has made both black and white and colour illustrations for poetry and natural history books, as well as many book jackets. She has also published two books of her own work. John McEwen was born in Berwickshire, pink-footed goose country, in 1942. John has been art critic of The Spectator and The Sunday Telegraph, author of artist monographs (currently Paula Rego), edited the ornithologist Henry Douglas-Home's The Birdman and was arts editor of The Field. He is a regular contributor to Country Life and an instigator of The Oldie, to which he contributes Bird of the Month with Carry Akroyd.
Reviews
Scholarly and charming. * Daily Telegraph *
Mr McEwen's short essays on resident British or migrant birds convey a deep respect and affection ... No true bird lover will be disappointed by this book. -- Jack Watkins * Country Life *
Fizzing with painter and printmaker Carry Akroyd's vibrant and inventive screen-prints. -- Jonathan Elphick * BBC Wildlife magazine *
The book benefits greatly from the delightful and informative texts facing each picture. -- Jonathan Elphick * BBC Wildlife magazine *
Book Information
ISBN 9781472967145
Author Carry Akroyd
Format Hardback
Page Count 144
Imprint Bloomsbury Wildlife
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 738g