A deer made for a family friend – emeralds and gold.
Acrylic, 2017
Due to some randomness in the world my deer design adorns a really nice Christmas tree which is just outside 10 Downing street.
Not that I will ever see it but I am still chuffed.
All to celebrate International Year of Light. More info here.
Photography by John O’Brien. Made possible and manufactured with a lot of attention to detail by Peter Phillipson.
While Daily mail thinks that muntjac deer are threat to our wildlife, I was asked kindly to draw one based on an old memory of meeting one.
Originating from South-East China and Taiwan, they were introduced in the UK in the beginning of the 20th century and since then became one of the most populous deer found in England.