| Dartmoor's
rivers brought to life by artist |
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| A
pair of swans, captured on canvas |
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Wildlife
artist Robin Armstrong invites us on a journey along Dartmoor's riverbanks,
in his latest book.
"Dartmoor River" is full of colour paintings of the moor's
waterways - and the creatures which live there. |
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Dartmoor
River, by
Robin Armstrong
Publishers: Halsgrove
Price: 拢24.95
Hardback; 208 pages
Renowned wildlife artist Robin Armstrong has managed to capture the
beauty and richness of Dartmoor's natural habitat in magnificent style.
"Dartmoor River" is a celebration of the moor's rivers and
streams - which are home to an array of flora and fauna.
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| A
diving Kingfisher |
It
takes the reader on a journey across Dartmoor's riverbanks, and stops
off at all of Armstrong's favourite spots, where the birds and riverlife
are reproduced ed on canvas.
The paintings are beautiful - there are otters, hedgehogs, rabbits,
swans, kingfishers, egrets, brown trout, peregrine falcons, owls,
foxes, and puffins - spotted where the river meets the sea.
There are also river and moorland scenes, painted at various times
of the season - quite breathtaking.
Alongside
the paintings are musings and recollections by the author, and there
are also literary quotes, which are used to sum up the aura of the
moor's river life.
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| Male
otter with a trout dinner |
Armstrong
moved to Devon from London after falling in love with the place some
35 years ago.
He now has a studio in Lopwell - overlooking a river, as you'd expect.
He ends the book with some serious words, though, by warning against
the continued decimation of the environment.
He
writes: "In Dartmoor River, we have a collection of paintings,
drawings and musings of one individual, covering a period of 30 years.
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| A
watchful egret |
"The
pictures speak for the thousands of hours of pleasure the moorland
rivers have given me during that time and continue today.
"The rivers and streams of Dartmoor will still be here when we
are gone.
"Let us just hope that, in years to come, the little brown trout
on the high moor can be enjoyed as much by those to come, as they
have by this one very lucky individual."
This is Armstrong's sixth book, and his most
ambitious project to date.
Pictures used courtesy of the publishers
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