A woodland encounter; stag painting in progress

Colourful Background for my Stag Painting

I decided that my ne stag painting needed some more colour and interest. So I have added another layer, and used some beautiful new Autumn colours in the foliage. I will add another layer with some leaves and other botanical shapes once this layer is dry. I hope to habve this piece ready to display at the Melbourne Festival, which is taking place on the 16/17 September

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A Giant Painting of a Stag

big oil painting of a stag deer by sue gardner

Large Stag Oil Painting, as yet un-named - 100 x 150 cm

A big new deer painting in the works

My latest large painting (100 x 150 cm ) is a painting of a stag, with proud antlers festooned with undergrowth and bracken. Im using beautiful natural shades of leaf-green, sage-green, gold and warm browns to give a contemporary yet classical effect. Once finished, he will be available to purchase on my website here

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An Inquisitive Young Stag - Work in Progress

A Red Deer Stag in Acrylics

This is a new piece this week using acrylics. When I saw the photograph of this beautiful stag I just had to try and paint him. I feel another trip to the deer at Calke Abbey is in order! Or maybe Bradgate Valley. I took this painting on a day out yesterday , as i was live painting at the local garden centre - which was a beautiful experience and I finished this boy and named him ‘Inquisitive’. He is available for sale on my website now.

See my collection of Stag paintings here

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Deer Encounters - Two New Stag Paintings

Every encounter with a bird or animal is magical, but imagine coming face to face with a majestic deer in the wild! What a breathtaking, exhilarating, special experience it is! A connection with a wild animal, however necessarily fleeting, is one of life’s great moments.

Wild animal encounters - a special privilege!

The two new pieces on my website evoke these feelings and are painted in gorgeous uplifting colours which seem to change according to the light. These are both oil paintings, in my usual expressive style. Check them out here

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'Wearing Bracken'

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A New Stag Canvas Print has been Released This Week

The original oil painting has sold, but I have released an open edition print, on canvas as shown here, and also on best-quality fine art paper. I am working with a specialist printing company that makes the prints to order and ship them directly to the customer from their premises. This helps me offer efficient shipping times, particularly as they have centers worldwide, so international shipping is economical too.

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A new stag!

Artist who paints animals

As an artist who paints animals and birds almost every day, I like to see them looking somewhat contented!

One of the visitors at the festival last week told me that all my painted animals look happy. It was the most perfect comment because that's exactly what I work towards! I don't know whether this new guy looks cheerful or slightly smug. Perhaps there is a hidden hand back there giving him a bum scratch.

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