Up Coming Events:
Massingham Heath Project
I am excited to be included in this ambitious with the Society of Wildlife Artists and Massingham Heath Wilderness in Norfolk.
I will be travelling to Norfolk to get close up with the insect life of the heath in mid August.
I will be posting about my adventures and more about the project in due course, but in the mean time below are links to more information, and, if you are able, a page to donate to the project costs.
This is a year long project and any funds raised will go towards some of the basic costs for the artists (travel and meals) and extra funds for the workshops, community projects plus possible hire fees for gallery spaces.
Two Bug Drawing Workshops coming ip
Rowallane Gardens National Trust, Saturday 24 May, 12 – 4pm. Free drop in, no need to book.
The Walled Garden, Bangor, Saturday 21 June. 11am-12pm and 1-2pm. Free, booking required.
I have two bug drawing workshops coming up this summer. The first is at Rowallane gardens NT and is a free drop in. Come and find me in the garden, I’ll have some bugs for you to examine and have a go at drawing.
In June I will be under the bandstand in the Walled Garden, Bangor with some captured bugs for you to inspect and draw.
In both cases I will have materials for you to use, but feel free to bring your own if you’d like.
Studio Sale for late Night Art!
Thursday 29 May 2025 6 – 8.30 pm
For late night Art this month, I will be over in Boom 1 for a change! I’ll be taking part in the Studiomates spring Sale.
Come and have a look and maybe pick up a bargain to help us make room for yet more art!
Adele Pound, Wildlife Artist
I originally studied fine art, painting at Winchester School of Art. There my tutors were dismayed by my insistence on making wildlife art. Despite their best efforts, I stubbornly continued to make the natural world my inspiration. Many years have passed since then, and, while much has changed about my art practice, wildlife remains central, specifically the discipline of drawing from life.
Fieldwork
This observational drawing in the field fulfils many functions for my work. Firstly there is the challenge of attempting to create a finished piece in the field. The success or failure of this depends on many things outside of my control, such as wind, rain, cold, heat (sometimes!) and the frustrating habit of wildlife refusing to sit still, or even leaving the scene altogether. Suffice to say my strike rate is not high, but I keep trying!
Stories
The time I spend watching and drawing birds and other animals, also gives me ideas for stories I can tell. Sometimes little scenarios play out while I am watching. Other times, I elaborate on what I have seen. Sometimes I plunge into research to produce longer stories such as ‘Shearwater’. I love the way that I can simplify in cartoons, putting less into each panel, yet still tell you more by the end than I can in a single painting.
Paper Creations
This urge to simplify goes even further in my paper art creations and vector drawings. My paper engineering and digital drawing skills are self taught, so each design is a learning curve, as I feel my way forward, looking for an elegant solution within the design process. It is the careful observation while drawing in the field that enables Immediately recognisable species to be depicted through the use of simple shapes and colours.
I hope you find something here to entertain or make you smile.
Here are a few shops where you can track down my work:
