There is a beautiful grey heron I spot on my daily morning walk along the river. It always looks so majestic just perched on the riverbank patiently waiting for fish. This solitary grey heron has inspired me to curate a stunning collection of vintage heron paintings. Most of these paintings[Read more]
Growing up I was surrounded by wonderful vintage bird prints. My father is a well known published ornithologist and he loved to decorate the home with bird art. His first book “A Colour Guide To Hong Kong Birds” (Clive Viney) was published in 1977. All the bird illustrations in the[Read more]
Penguins have a special place in my heart, they bring back fun memories of my children when they were younger. That is why I’ve curated a collection of wonderful scientific penguin illustrations. When my middle son was about 9 years old he was obsessed with penguins. He knew everything there[Read more]
Poppies as a symbol With remembrance day next month, I thought I would add to my collection of vintage flower illustrations with these free pictures of poppies to download. The poppy sellers are out in full force at the moment raising money for veterans. Poppies become a symbol of remembrance[Read more]
Birds and fish must be some of the most colourful creatures on the planet. As the daughter of a well-known ornithologist, growing up my home was full of bird books and beautiful naturalist prints on the wall. I wanted to create my own colourful gallery wall of natural history prints[Read more]
I just fancied curating a cool collection of vintage polar bear art prints this week. It was when I was listening to the radio the other day and they were debating whether or not zoos are cruel and outdated. Many references in the programme were made to the cruelty of[Read more]
Beautiful Vintage Floral Art This is a collection of beautiful copyright-free vintage flower illustrations and drawings. Naturalists have been painting beautiful Botanical floral illustration since the time of the Greeks. Being a Botanical illustrator was a respected profession in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Many of these wonderful flower illustrations[Read more]
Vintage Bat Art Images To Download Along with witches, wizards, skeletons and ghosts, bats are also associated with a spooky Halloween. Here I’ve curated an interesting collection of vintage bat drawings which can be used for your Halloween crafts and DIYs. There are many theories as to why bats are[Read more]