Avril Brand
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Wildlife, landscapes, seascapes and Irish life paintings in oils and acrylics by county Clare, Ireland, artist Avril Brand
Originally from South Africa, we have been living in Ireland for seven years. I am a self-taught artist. I started painting in the 1980’s at first using acrylics and several years later found the medium I love to work in: oils.
Nowadays, I only work in oils and love the rich, creamy texture and brilliant colours.
We live in a very peaceful and beautiful rural area of county Clare, close to the sea and amongst the friendliest people in the world.
Although I enjoy painting landscapes, seascapes and especially Irish Life, my greatest passion is for wildlife. Conservation and animal welfare is extremely important and nothing upsets me more than animal abuse or the needless slaughter of wildlife.
Please visit my website and blog for more photographs of my art. Unfortunately, most of my paintings are long gone and I regrettably never took good quality photographs of them.
Thank you
Avril Brand
Wildlife, landscapes and Irish life paintings by Avril Brand
Groups
Avril Brand hosts Wildlife and Pet Paintings and is a member of # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE , 1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , Floral Watercolours! and Still lifes with Nature , ! * Irish Eyes * !, ! 100% !, "Real" Life Artwork (No Photography), "Streams & Stream Crossings" 2 posts a day!, * Painted Nature *, *Islands of The World* - 3/day limit, Acrylic Painting, African Art and Photography, All About Flowers, All Around the Styles, All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers, Animal Kingdom, Animal Portraits, Antlers, Racks, and Other Horned Animals, Beach Art, Bee & Wasp Passions, Big Cats, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Birds Of Prey (3 per day), Bridges, Bubblers' Weekly Challenge, Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, & Other Winged Insects (2 a Day), Canon Vs Nikon (1 per day!), Capturing Emotion, Cards: Best of Your Best, Castle Magic, Challenge Café, Childhood, Children-The Power of Raw Emotion , Colour Me Vibrant Red!, Communities (NO SUNSETS OR SUNRISES OR CLOSEUPS OF PERSONS, PLACES OR THINGS!!), Country Bumpkin, Cutest of the Cute, Decorative and Traditional Art, Dimensions, Dolphins & Whales, Elegant Elephants!, Endangered Species, Escher and Perspective Art 3/24, Exotic Mammals, Fabulous Flowers, Farms and Countryside, FAUNA, FLORA, LANDSCAPES AND ARCHITECTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA, Fine Arts, Fine Arts Influenced by Literature, For the Love of Cats , 1 image a day , For The Love Of Jesus , Friends of RedBubble, Green!, Hand Drawn or Painted Art of Happiness or Joy, Healing Through Art (HTA), Heritage in Stone, Heritage Listed and Other Trusts Sites World Wide, Historic Churches, History, Human and Nature, Impressionist Art, Indigenous to East & Southern Africa, Ireland , Lakes and Inland Waterways *one* per day, focal point - the water!, Landscape Painting, Light In The Darkness, Living Christianity, Masterpiece: Art, Nature's Wonders, Nostalgic Art and Photography, Oil Painting, Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), Out of the Past, Painted Animals! , Painted Birds! , Painted Dogs, Painted Florals! , Painters In Modern Times, Pay It Forward, Photo Tshirts, Primate Art, Prize Challenges!!, Purple Passion Gallery. 2 per day , Realist Paintings About Water, Realist Traditional Art, Religious Art & Photography, Remember When, Rivers and Streams, Ruins, Ancient and Derelict Buildings, Seachanges, Sets of Two, Skyscapes, Smiles, Soul Mates, South Africa - Rainbow Nation, SPIRIT, Spiritual Art, stock and stuff for you, Sunrise, Sunset, The Birds, The Eyes Have It, The true beauty, Tiger, Tiger, Two Beings Group, Underwater & Sealife (Limit 2 Per Day), Voices for Animals, Waves, Yellow Two, Zoophoria (2 per day, approval required) and ♫.•°°African Art At heART°°•.♫ .
Journal Entries
We must appreciate each day
Posted 3 months ago, 8 comments so far.
Really sorry for the neglect!
Posted 4 months ago, 16 comments so far.
South Africa - land of splendour
Posted 7 months ago, 9 comments so far.
What's happening!
Posted 8 months ago, 14 comments so far.
"Art is for Everyone" Exhibition
Posted 9 months ago, 7 comments so far.
Meet my Hubby!!
Posted 9 months ago, 11 comments so far.
Hello and a belated Happy New Year
Posted 10 months ago, 26 comments so far.
Christmas Greetings to all my friends
Posted 10 months ago, 26 comments so far.
Proud and happy!!!
Posted 11 months ago, 18 comments so far.
My Dear RB Friends
Posted 11 months ago, 13 comments so far.
Art
Writing
The Devil's Music
The chances are that there are others amongst our Redbubble community who suffer in silence
The Passion and the Pain
I love to paint animals. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than spending wonderful hours with my paintings – except being with the animals; smelling the wonderful scents of the wild, the dust…
50 Things you never knew about me and could be terribly boring
1. Do you like blue cheese? / Ugh! / 2. Have you ever smoked a cigarette? / Unfortunately, yes / 3. Do you own a gun? / Used to, fortunately no longer need to. / 4. What flavor do you add to your dri…
An interview by Jacqi
I was honoured to be interviewed by Jacqi. She asked the following questions: “Your first question:” how does being a creative person and pursuing your / creativity affect other aspects of your…
