Bruce Pearson An Artist in the Natural World
| Over the past few months I've been busy in the studio working on a number of 'must do' projects. One of them has been developing a new relief print based on an idea within a series of field drawings and colour sketches gathered one afternoon last May on Massingham Heath in NW Norfolk.
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| January - July 2026Another project in the studio is working on a series of black & white illustrations for a new book by acclaimed wildlife filmmaker Alastair Fothergill. A Natural Selection is a "love letter to life in its wildest forms" which explores Alastair’s career, behind-the-scenes stories of filming 10 specific animals, and the urgent environmental changes threatening them.
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| April 2026In May last year I participated in an SWLA project on Massingham Heath in NW Norfolk. The fieldwork on the project is in its final stages and the last group of member artists will gather for a week in late April - and I'm joining in! Following on will be many months of work for the SWLA, author Nick Acheson and landowner Olly Birkbeck preparing the a book and developing the exhibition schedule for the project. |
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| Late April 2026Following on from work last year when we stayed at the private Ariant Biological Reserve we heading back there soon. The focus this time will be more on the passage of migrant birds, the summer residents and life among the olives and boulders. |
This is a short film about displaying Marsh Harriers. I regularly watch them in a classic patch of fenland on the edge of Cambridge, and at this time of year they are most active. The courtship display is spectacular - a high altitude mewing sound and tumbling diving descent by the male down towards the female lower down before swooping up and rising high again. It is both poetic and breathtaking.
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Obsessed by the natural world I work out and about in wild places sketching and painting wildlife and landscapes. It is the rhythm and restlessness of nature which fascinates, and which I try to capture.
This website aims to show some of the studio processes and field experiences, the development of finished work or highlighting work in progress. There might be news about exhibitions and other events where paintings and prints are on show.
See Artist Profile page for more information.
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