Faunagraphic
My Dad had this book, I don’t know why, I can barely (if ever) remembering him look at it, but it was called the Big Book of British Birds. When I was in my early teens, I used to get up really early at the weekends, and I would sneak into my parents room and take this book. I was never really that bothered about birds, but I liked drawing, and I could do a decent bird (please, do feel free to insert your own jokes at any point). Over the years I must have drawn most of the birds in that book on old computer paper (you know, with holes in the edges and very faint green lines on the back) that my mother brought home from work.
Faunagraphic - collboration with Snik
I don’t know if Sheffield artist Faunagraphic had a copy of the Big Book of British Birds, but nevertheless she has gone on to forge a career out of drawing not just birds, but other wildlife as well (maybe she also had a copy of The Observer book of British Mammals – I knew me and my brother and sister missed out somewhere) and her work is to be seen on both walls and galleries around Sheffield and further afield.
Red Breasted Goose – Bulgaria
Other than it being fantastic artwork, what I like about Faunagraphics work is her genuine interest in the subject matter, often going all over the world painting rare birds to raise awareness for their protection, Recently, she went to Bulgaria to paint pictures of the Red Breasted goose to raise awareness amongst people put there because the birds nesting area is under threat from Farmers.
Parrots – Street art
A lot of Faunagraphic’s (or Sarah I’m led to believe) is that its rare to find female street artists, and her work, this beautiful expression of life and beauty, looks absolutely fantastic against the relative dead, cold surroundings of derelict buildings and factories, which seem to be a particular favourite of hers. Maybe I’m wrong, but her continued presence on the streets around Sheffield (and the world!) highlights the quality of her work, as it does with any street artists, but particularly a female I guess.
Kingfisher print
Her client list is expanding (Converse being an obvious example) and you can buy her prints here. I’m going to have a look on eBay tonight and try to get a copy of The Big Book of British Birds. It never quite worked for me, but I’ll wait for the patter of my children’s feet to come and get it on a weekend morning off my bookshelf. Oh, and I’m definitely getting The Observer book of British Mammals. I want to keep all bases covered.
http://www.faunagraphic.co.uk/
Nice post. I’m a big fan of Faunas and have a few posts featuring her artwork on Postcard Cafe here: http://postcardcafe.wordpress.com/?s=Faunagraphic&submit=Search She is a real star and her work really adds something special to the streets where she paints. We are luck to have her in Sheffield where so much of her work can be seen. Having said that some was removed last year after the council gave the building owner an ultimatum!!! Shame. There are photos of the piece called Home Is Where The Heart is on PC while it is being painted and later when it is being removed. Best wishes, MUTEF
yeah, I think when i first looked around on your blog I saw some of those. as always, thanks for looking….
Jim
(mutef??)
MUTEF is my adopted motto for 2013! I borrowed it from Paint The Town, a Sheffield street art blog. He posted that he had a spam email which had a very bad translation in it which said “maintain up the excellent function”. I think it should probably have said keep up the good work. The phrase really appealed to me which is why I had a post on my PC and LBoS blogs titled Maintain Up The Excellent Function. Sorry if it came over a bit cryptic – that wasn’t my intention. If I sign off with mutef it is intended to be a compliment about the excellence of your blog and long may you maintain up the excellent function
I know that some of my followers are already spreading the word about mutef. You never know it might catch on. It has more appeal for me that LOL and all the other short speak stuff that I don’t understand. Best wishes, N
think I might have seen that post but didn’t put 2 and 2 together….
mutef
Jim
I love street art and I’m a closet twitcher, so thanks for introducing me to her work, it is stunning.
thanks, yes it is. cheers for reading.
Jim
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