In this delicate and precise pen and ink study of Sub-Saharan Africa, a geometric hippo roars out across the tranquil landscape.
Finished in watercolour with fine gouache detail.
The painting is well presented in a metal frame with a washline mount.
Unsigned. On paper.There is some surface dirt. A thin fold runs vertically along the middle of the artwork.
40 x 55cm (15.7" x 21.7")Framed Size: 42 x 57cm (16.5" x 22.4")
Mick Loates was born in South London, 1947 and studied at Sidcup and Ravensbourne Schools of Art. Following a brief and disillusioned spell in advertising he quit London to pursue a career in wildlife illustration and painting from a former studio in East Sussex.
Throughout a career spanning 43 years his output has been considerable solely illustrating 22 titles which include the Henry Williamson classics, “Salar the Salmon” and “A Clear Water Stream,” the “Collins Guide to Fish of Britain & Europe,” Brian Clarke’s “Trout Etcetera” and Tony Soper’s “Oceans of Birds.” He has participated in numerous volumes on Wildlife and Sporting subjects and been featured both on television and in many publications. He is also an accomplished painter of nudes and portraits.
A sometime contributor to The Society of Wildlife Artists since 1976, he has exhibited extensively throughout the UK and overseas selling to collectors from Europe, the Americas, Australia and New Zealand. Mick was represented by the Malcolm Innes Gallery, London.
Employing both graphite and transparent watercolour he works into the white of the paper building tone with drybrush overglazes, excercising a discipline that avoids use of white paint, body colour or masking fluid.
A keen marine swimmer and angler of coarse, sea and game fish, his affinity with aquatic environments is apparent. Nearly all his concepts realise their genesis whilst on or by water.
He lives and works from his studio in Stokenham, on the South Devon coast.
| SKU | px196 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Mick Loates |
| Date | 20th Century |
| Dimensions | 40 x 55cm |
| Medium | Pen and Ink |
| Subject | Landscape |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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