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Blue Tits 'Cheeky Chappies' by Tina Bone

ORIGINAL WATER COLOUR, unframed, unmounted, £300 + £10 p&p.

GICLEE PRINTS Cheeky Chappies, P0901, A3. 10 Limited Edition Prints, £35 each. Unmounted, unframed print only, on fine art media + £5 postage & packing.

If you would like to purchase the original painting or a print of this image, please email Tina Bone to check availability and details.

Many thanks to my neighbour, Dave Oates, whose resource photograph (right top-most tit) provided the inspiration for this work entitled 'Cheeky Chappies'. I saw such a tit-gathering down Royston Lane, Comberton, whilst on one of my village walks; they were all perched or flitting amongst the alder catkins. Dave is a very competent photographer of wildlife and when he offered me his wonderful portrait (taken in his back garden), I could not refuse the kind offer. I had taken some photographs myself of blue tits in my own little wild garden, and these, together with Dave's picture, were used to create the piece. I had never noticed until this year how green and nobbly alder catkins are, and was fascinated by the red-brown branches of 'new' growth contrasting with the dark brown of last year's cones and cone-bearing branches. Blue tits will always be the cheekiest little birds you will see, so the title is very apt!

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