Here is a small selection of work for various books.
Many of these plates (and others) are for sale, unframed, unmounted, postage included; contact me - timworfolk at gmail dot com.
I've worked on quite a few books over the years and still have a number of original plates for sale. If you're interested in buying an original from any of the books I've worked on, drop me a line, it may still be available.
Shrikes: A Guide to the Shrikes of the World. Lefranc & Worfolk, 1997. Pica Press.
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. Grimmett, Inskipp & Inskipp. 1998. Helm.
A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka. Harrison & Worfolk. 1999, OUP.
A Field Guide to the Birds of South East Asia. Robson, 2000. New Holland.
Cuckoos of the World. Erritzøe et al 2012. Helm.
One of my first projects as a 'professional' illustrator was a Field
Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka, written by John Harrison. I don't like
to look back at much of my earliest efforts, but this is one I'm still
fairly satisfied with. I did a lot of the plates, like this, on coloured
paper; I've never used it since.
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| Marsh Terns, Little and Saunders' Terns - Sri Lanka 23x33cm £300 |
A few years ago Oxford University Press asked us for a revised edition. Predictably they weren't happy to pay for me to repaint all the plates but I did get chance to update this one, including the newly discovered Serendib Scops Owl.
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| Small Owls, Frogmouth and Nightjars - Sri Lanka 23X33cm £350 |
Publishers always like to economise and if they can reuse illustrations, they will. When New Holland produced a Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, written by Susan Myers, they took most of the figures from their South-east Asia guide by Craig Robson. Because I'd done many of the plates for that I was asked to paint a few new birds. These next pieces are not plates as such, the figures were cut and pasted in the book alongside my older work and I certainly noticed a difference in quality.
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| Barbets and Woodpeckers - Borneo Not for sale |
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| Nightjars, Frogmouths and Swifts - Borneo Not for sale |
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| Parrotfinch and Munias - Borneo Not for sale |
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| Australian Pratincole - Borneo Not for sale |
Next a couple of plates from the Helm Cuckoos monograph.
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| Malkohas and small Neotropical Cuckoos Sold |
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| Neotropical Cuckoos 23x33cm £350 |
I mentioned elsewhere the sadly defunct China field guide project; here are a few plates that never saw the light of day.
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| Broadbills and Pittas - Birds of China Not for sale |
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| Larks - Birds of China Not for sale |
Next two of the shrike plates, which may be of interest. These are labelled as they might yet be used in an updated Shrikes of the World.
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| Grey Shrikes - Birds of China Not for sale |
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| Smaller shrikes - Birds of China Not for sale |
Last for now, a cover illustration for Avian Survivors by Clive Finlayson, these were designed to go on the spine.
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| Crag Martins Sold |
I recently bought "Shrikes of the world". I really like your artwork. Good stuff.
ReplyDeleteHi David, thanks, good of you to say so.
ReplyDeleteHi Tim, I noticed your name is recorded as one of the illustrators for the Wildlife Guide Malaysia published in 2008 by New Holland Publishers. ISBN: 10987654321
ReplyDeleteI'm based in Sabah, Borneo & I am a Forest Ranger & Expedition Leader mainly operating in a variety of national parks and forest reserves in Sabah.
I'm impressed with the artwork shown at the rear of the book & I was wondering if there is anyway
i could request for the images, or indeed gain permission to use the
images, by creating a wildlife check list for specific parks in Sabah? Of
course credits would be given etc, i noticed a variety of artists
participated & i'd be grateful for any help you may give or suggest. I've been unable to find a way to contact you, therefore i thought i'd post here. Hope you don't mind.
shaun@borneo-outdoor-expeditions.com
Look forward to hearing from you,
Kind regards
Shaun Davies
Hi there, congratulations for your work, it's really useful and makes identification really easy! I have seen some bird illustrations on the web labelled to your name, is this one yours too? http://fabioschunck.com.br/site/en/brazilian-portuguese-pesquisa/projetos/
ReplyDeleteIf so, may I ask for the technique you used? Thanks and greetings from Chile!
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