Elevenses Scottish Show 2022 He was a Swiss artist

He was a Swiss artist who trained in Paris under the great academic painter Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Académie des Beaux-Arts

This fantastic carved and painted creation represents a tiger mauling a European man

chatting in the pub

There seemed to be an insatiable demand from landowners requiring reassuring pictures of the bucolic life of their rural dependents

In this piece the owl has become a sort of tribal costume but with a life of its own: Remaining standing long after its owner has departed

Elevenses Scottish Show 2022 He was a Swiss artistThe Crookleigh Chronicles I chose this short 1894 novel for the lovely italic capitals used on each of the 39 chapter headings. This delightful village romp by Silas K Hocking was the inspiration for this collection. Acrylic, coloured pencil, and ink hatching on vintage book pages & UV protective museum glass