Red Grouse Rising, or alternatively, Grouse in Feathered Trousers, records days I’ve spent in the North Yorkshire moors. It’s so liberating to be up on the moors with a sketchbook, binoculars and a camera, on the lookout for birds, beasts, flowers and plants to inspire my work. I have had many encounters with these colourful game birds during several trips to Yorkshire, and painted this large oil painting and a number of other similar studies in oil when back in my studio in Lincoln.

Oil on Linen
30 x 26 inch, 76 x 66 cm framed