Carey Osprey Prints by Artist Bruce Pearson

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A limited number of these stunning prints have been created by artist Bruce Pearson, showcasing the Carey Ospreys. These have been created for the fifth successful year of nesting for the Carey Ospreys, the first breeding pair of Ospreys on the south coast of England in over 180 years. The artwork celebrates both the breathtaking beauty of the site and an extraordinary Dorset conservation success story.

Profits from every print sold will directly support the charity Birds of Poole Harbour, helping fund our ongoing conservation work, community projects, and public events.

Strictly limited to just 125 editions, each print has been individually remarqued by the artist, making every piece unique. The collection will be released in batches, with more to come soon. Find out full details of the limited edition and remarqued prints, below.

A remarque
A remarque is an original pencil drawing or small watercolour sketch added to the lower border of a print, usually between the edition number and artist signature.
Each remarque for this edition of 125 prints for Birds of Poole Harbour is different, each taken from many hundreds of field sketches.

The Print
Print image size: 450mm x 594mm
Window mount: 555mm x 625mm (remarque average 80mm x 360mm)
The prints are Giclée prints – a high-quality, archival-grade digital reproduction method which uses specialised inkjet technology offering superior detail, longevity and quality. Each ‘Giclee’ osprey print is on high quality fine art printing paper and is sold in a display mount with a protective covering ready for framing.

The painting from which the print is taken was finished earlier this year and is based on many field sketches from the viewing platform at Careys Secret Garden nest site showing the arrival of the male bird carrying nest material. The painting is not meant to show a precise moment in the lives of specific birds at a well-known site but rather show a more general sense of place and intimate behaviour in the lives of a pair of breeding ospreys in southern Britain. The remarques are from the same sketches completed at the Careys Secret Garden nest site over the past couple of years. But Bruce has also sketched ospreys many times in different locations over the years, both during European summers as well as where they spend the winter in West Africa and some of those ideas have been used in the remarques as well.

The Artist
Bruce Pearson has worked professionally as an artist for over 50 years sketching and painting, filming and writing about wildlife and landscapes. From Antarctica and high Arctic of Greenland and Svalbard to North and South America and many parts of Africa. He has contributed paintings to group exhibitions and undertaken a range of solo commercial gallery shows in the UK and overseas. He has also completed private commissions from individuals, museums and institutions, and has authored and illustrated a range of books. It is the rhythm and restlessness of nature which fascinates which he works to capture in the field. Back in the studio he develops the sketches and ideas into more considered paintings and prints.
www.brucepearson.net