The Nattering, Chattering, Quietening Bush kitchen Translocation efforts

Translocation efforts

In the background you can see Mark and I striding along towards Windsong our boat

I used Akua intaglio ink and heavy cartridge paper

Hilary is President of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers

this beautifully detailed still life is part of a recent body of etchings finding wonder in domestic settings

The Nattering, Chattering, Quietening Bush kitchen Translocation effortsTheres a bush in my garden from the depths of which a few House Sparrows shout out every morning, but it feels a thinner, lonelier chatter than it should be; House Sparrows have been on the UK Red List since 2002 because of a huge drop in their numbers. I wanted my print to evoke something of the vibrancy and exuberance these archetypal small brown birds bring to our gardens and neighbourhoods with their chaotic, jabbering, community babble if we let