British crows – a painting of all 8 species of corvids
£35.00 – £36.00
The original painting in acrylic inks and watercolour, size 530mm x 405mm is now sold. Sorry!
A2 size prints, signed by the artist, are available for £36. Price includes P&P to UK addresses.
A digital file of this painting is available for you to print at a format and size of your choice for £35. Read more…
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Painted May in 2020 during lockdown this painting is more corvid than covid.
Greetings cards of this painting are available here.
A note about signed prints of this painting. The print is an exact copy of the original via a large format high resolution photograph of the painting. This, of course, reproduces all my all-too-human errors – tiny paint splatter and minor ‘imperfections’ – that I made on the original. They are not printing errors.
About British Crows
Crows are all members of the corvid family and are the most intelligent of all birds. They are adaptable, think things through, have long memories, and use tools. They are also long-lived. A raven may live for 50 years or more. In my painting ‘British crows’ I have illustrated all eight species of corvid resident in the British Isles:
Raven
The raven (Corvus corax) is the largest crow – it’s the size of a buzzard! – at 64cm long. The make a kronking call, and when they fly you’ll see that their tails are splayed out like an open fan. They have massive thick bills, shaggy necks and – well – are generally massive!
Rook
The rook (Corvus frugilegus) is easily distinguished by its light grey bill and long baggy shorts. You may occasionally see an individual on its own, but generally they hang out in large numbers. They are 48cms long, just a bit bigger than a carrion crow
Carrion Crow
The carrion crow (Corvus corone) is 47cm long and is entirely black.
Hooded Crow
The hooded crow (Corvus cornix) is the same size as the carrion crow can be found in Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and Scotland.
Red-billed Chough
The chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) is a rarer creature, now confined to Cornwall, the coasts of Wales and Scotland and the Isle of Man. They’re easy to recognise with their elegant bright red curved bills and smart red legs. They’re only 40cm long.
Magpie
The magpie (Pica pica) is so distinctive with its striking black and white costume. They are 46cm long and a lot of that is their fantastically long tail.
Jay
Seen a huge pink bird? About 34cm long? Not sure what it was? It was the Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius). They really don’t like people so you’ll often see then flying away. They like the cover of woodlands.
Jackdaw
The jackdaw (Corvus monedula) is smallest species of British crow. They’re easy to recognise with their grey hood. Where I live they hang out in huge numbers, swirling overhead in noisy colonies. Many live in church towers.
I have painted the crows according to their size (raven largest and jackdaw smallest), but not their precise relative size.
Additional information
Original/print/digital | buy original painting, buy digital image, buy signed print size A2 |
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