Brian Shields
@brianshieldsart.bsky.social
Art of the imagined and of the real. Painting, sculpture, print and film. Eden Valley, Cumbria www.brianshields-artist.co.uk @brianshieldsnim
Making a little wren. Epoxy, wire and found feathers. A small element of what is to be quite a large work - yet to make wings and tail. #williamblake #auguriesofinnocence #sculpture #art #romanticism
September 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Making a little wren. Epoxy, wire and found feathers. A small element of what is to be quite a large work - yet to make wings and tail. #williamblake #auguriesofinnocence #sculpture #art #romanticism
'The Patronage of Icarian John'
September 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
'The Patronage of Icarian John'
'The Patronage of Icarian John' (John Clare, poet) detail. Sculpture in epoxy, brass, enamel and acrylic. #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #sculpture #art
September 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
'The Patronage of Icarian John' (John Clare, poet) detail. Sculpture in epoxy, brass, enamel and acrylic. #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #sculpture #art
Still from my short John Clare film 'M'. A tale of love, obsession and ghosts - 'M' is for Mary and muse #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #metamorphosis
September 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Still from my short John Clare film 'M'. A tale of love, obsession and ghosts - 'M' is for Mary and muse #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #metamorphosis
Still from my short John Clare film 'M'. A tale of love, obsession and ghosts. 'M' is for Mary and muse #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #metamorphosis #artfilm
September 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Still from my short John Clare film 'M'. A tale of love, obsession and ghosts. 'M' is for Mary and muse #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #metamorphosis #artfilm
'Avian Dreamings' detail
September 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
'Avian Dreamings' detail
'Avian Dreamings' (John Clare, poet) oil on epoxy and burlap with wire and feathers #johnclare #romanticism #oilpainting #art
September 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
'Avian Dreamings' (John Clare, poet) oil on epoxy and burlap with wire and feathers #johnclare #romanticism #oilpainting #art
'STRONG and RISING' (The Pool is the Past) Detail showing reflections in part mirrored glass
September 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
'STRONG and RISING' (The Pool is the Past) Detail showing reflections in part mirrored glass
'SAP' (John Clare,poet) oil on board study #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #art #painting #oilpainting #spring
September 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
'SAP' (John Clare,poet) oil on board study #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #art #painting #oilpainting #spring
'Icarian John' (John Clare, poet) Mixed media on board. #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #icarus #avian #art #painting #mixedmedia
August 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
'Icarian John' (John Clare, poet) Mixed media on board. #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #icarus #avian #art #painting #mixedmedia
'Avian Dreaming' oil on canvas board. John Clare visited by muse/siren in the hum/buzz before dusk..... #johnclare #johnclarepoet #oilpainting #art #romanticism
August 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
'Avian Dreaming' oil on canvas board. John Clare visited by muse/siren in the hum/buzz before dusk..... #johnclare #johnclarepoet #oilpainting #art #romanticism
'BPM' beats per minute in music and in the heart! Remembering nights of clubing. Remembering dancing and romancing and the heartbreaks too. Bowie to disco, acid house to Ibiza sound and trance. Ink, acrylic on collaged paper and card. #art #painting #clubing #dico #acidhouse #trance
August 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
'Nightingale Alight' acrylic on board. From theJohn Clare series 'From an Ending to New Beginnings' #johnlare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #nightingale #acrylic #painting #art
August 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
'Nightingale Alight' acrylic on board. From theJohn Clare series 'From an Ending to New Beginnings' #johnlare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #nightingale #acrylic #painting #art
Augury (Blakes's Little Wren) Detail of oil and acrylic on epoxy relief with wire on canvas #williamblake #romanticism #oilpainting #painting #acrylic #art
August 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Augury (Blakes's Little Wren) Detail of oil and acrylic on epoxy relief with wire on canvas #williamblake #romanticism #oilpainting #painting #acrylic #art
'Preparing to Fly' (From an Ending to New Beginnings) Watercolour, gouache, pencil on dark board. The poet John Clare reborn/reanimated, a 'new' Adam #romanticism #johnclare #skeleton #art #drawing #watercolour #gouache
August 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
'Preparing to Fly' (From an Ending to New Beginnings) Watercolour, gouache, pencil on dark board. The poet John Clare reborn/reanimated, a 'new' Adam #romanticism #johnclare #skeleton #art #drawing #watercolour #gouache
'EVENING ROOST' (From an Ending to New Beginnings) detail #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #starlings #birds #art #painting
August 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
'EVENING ROOST' (From an Ending to New Beginnings) detail #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #starlings #birds #art #painting
August 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
August 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
'Under a sulphure Sky' (Poet with Muse/Siren) Oil on board #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #art #oilpainting #muse #siren
August 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
'Under a sulphure Sky' (Poet with Muse/Siren) Oil on board #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #art #oilpainting #muse #siren
'Avian John' (John Clare, poet) in sepia. The poet morphing, melding into the 'otherness' of nature - bird/man king. #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #bird #art #metamorphosis
August 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
'Avian John' (John Clare, poet) in sepia. The poet morphing, melding into the 'otherness' of nature - bird/man king. #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #bird #art #metamorphosis
'Beaks' (From an ending to New Beginnings) Softground etching with aquatint #JohnClare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #etching #printmaking #rook #art
August 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
'Beaks' (From an ending to New Beginnings) Softground etching with aquatint #JohnClare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #etching #printmaking #rook #art
