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Daniel Cole

Indian Game Pit Game

Light Red American Pit Game N-S

Light Red American Pit Game W-M

Black American Pit Game

Grey American Pit Game

Brown Red Irish Pit Game

Ginger Old English Game

Grey Old English Game

Call to Arms

At Ease

My background lies in illustration and after a Foundation Course at Falmouth I went on to study Scientific Illustration at Blackpool College of Art. After leaving there in 1988 and having won a Readers Digest travel prize, I decided to spend the three months in Brazil where my sole aim was to watch and sketch the birds. Since that time I have been on many field trips to India, Nepal, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Indonesia to capture images through sketching for my own enjoyment and for my work..

After my first trip I went on to work as a freelance illustrator in the commercial sector then going on to specialize in Natural History with a bias towards birds. Since then I have worked on numerous projects - my first commissions being field guides and a series of Game Fowl. Other Clients include – Nestle, Lloyds Bank, White Mackay and many others including

From 1997 - with the Wildlife Art Agency (now Art Agency) - I have had work published all over the world including encyclopaedias, children’s, books, magazines, posters, etc. Throughout this period I never lost my ambition to paint, though illustration is still important to me, it taught me the discipline of accuracy of subject and deadlines, most of my time is now spent painting. My inspiration comes from my lifelong love of natural history, I think it essential to draw from life - for me this is the only way to capture the movement and shapes of these creatures as they are rarely still, sketches made in the field and accumulated in my numerous books are the starting point for all my work.

Elected to The Society of Wildlife Artists in 2005.

Solo Exhibitions
Nevill Gallery, Canterbury 2004 Slimbridge W.W.T. Bristol 2005

Mixed Exhibitions
S.W.L.A Mall Galleries, London 1994 - 2008 Pinkfoot Gallery, Cley, Norfolk 2005/6
Wykem Gallery 2004 House of Bruar, Scotland 2006
HaslemereMuseum, Hampshire 2005 Burkhardt and Swallow,Clapham,London
Malcom Innes, Picadilly, London Mid Cornwall Galleries. Par. PL26 7AH
Falmouth Municiple Gallery Cry of the Gulls, Fowey
Riverside Gallery, Golant Such Gallery, Fraddon

Forthcoming Exhibitions
Solo Exh., Pinkfoot Gallery. November 2008
S.W.L.A Mall Galleries. September 2008

Current projects
A Children’s Book of Insects. Publ.Usbourne…….BBC Wildlife Magazine…..BBC Countryside Magazine

Books in print Awards
Field Guide to Birds of the Indian sub Continent 1996/8/9 International Bird Illustration Comps.
Book of Garden Birds. Publ.British Trust Bird Illustrator of the Year 2000
Field Guide to South East Asia. Publ.New Holland Readers Digest /Young Illustrator. 1988
Pheasant, Grouse and Quail of the World. Publ.Helm 1996 Bird Illustrator of the Year.

Other publications
Series of 10 portraits of Game Fowl. Lithographs. Ltd. Edit. Publ.Chanticleer
Bird Watch Calendar. Publ. Swaroski 2004/5/6