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Dan Johnson Art
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Making original oil paintings from my own reference photos.
All photos are mine unless stated otherwise or reposted.
Art prints and originals available at https://danjohnsonart.co.uk
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For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #mottled, here's a Brown-eared Bulbul, which I had never heard of until I came across them on my recent Tokyo trip.

🪶 #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A brown-eared bulbul perched in a tree. It has a mottled feather pattern on its breast.
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Today's #HolidayRobin is one I painted recently, so also works for #AnimalArtTuesday - "Singing in the Rain" - Oils on 6x6" panel. Available at danjohnsonart.co.uk/product/sing...

🪶 #birds #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #smArtist
An oil painting of a robin singing in the rain - Oils on 6x6" panel. Artwork by Dan Johnson.
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Got lucky with #kingfishers today!

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A kingfisher perched on the end of a sawn off branch, with blurred foliage in the background. A kingfisher perched on the end of a sawn off branch, with blurred foliage in the background. A kingfisher diving towards the water. A kingfisher perched on a branch with a fish in its beak.
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Here's a tawny owlet and a robin giving me a good #StareDown for #BirdOfTheDay

#birds #birding #EastCoastKin
A tawny owlet perched in a tree staring into the camera. A European robin perched on a branch staring into the camera.
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Found a few #CootsAndMoorhens for Rob's #BirdOfTheDay
A coot and its chick, swimming on a pond with lily pads on the surface. The adult is holding a lily pad in its beak. A young coot chick swimming on a pond with lily pads on the surface. An adult Moorhen standing on a log above a pond. An adult moorhen sitting on a nest of twigs in the middle of a pond.
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Carrion Crow - Oils on 6x6" panel. Available at danjohnsonart.co.uk/product/carr...

🪶 #birds #birdart #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #ArtYear #smArtist
November 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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A scruffy little #HolidayRobin
A robin perched on a glass table. Its feathers are a bit ruffled, giving it a scruffy looking appearance.
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Here's a grey heron #paddling (and looking for breakfast) for #BirdOfTheDay

🪶 #birds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin
A grey heron wading in shallow water hunting for fish.
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Here's a treetop #HolidayRobin

🪶 #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Blue Tit in Flight - Oils on 6x6" panel. Available now at danjohnsonart.co.uk/product/blue...

🪶 #birds #birdart #AnimalArtTuesday #EastCoastKin #birdlovers
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Here's a Dunnock for #BirdOfTheDay - #BirdsOnTheGround

🪶 #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A dunnock standing on a grassy lawn.
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Here's a #HolidayRobin singing in the rain!
A robin perched on a twig, singing in the rain.
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Here are some birds #StandingOnThings except the floor for #BirdOfTheDay - A nuthatch on a stump, a coal tit on a log, a kingfisher on a post, and a magpie on whatever that stone ball thing is!

🪶 #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A nuthatch perched on a broken and mossy tree stump. A coal tit perched on a log, with the foreground and background out of focus. A kingfisher perched on a post above a pond. A magpie perched on top of a spherical stone roof ornament.
November 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Every Sharp-shinned Hawk I've ever seen looked like it was worried it left the stove on.

🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt
Rough digital drawing of a Sharp-shinned Hawk bust. The hawk is in profile. It is a complex mottled color of browns and grays, with a small hooked beak, round head, rufous tinting to the auriculars, and a huge bright yellow eye that makes it look worried. Its feathers are slicked back tight to the body indicating it is alert.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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A redo of yesterday's Great Blue Heron sketch (Ardea herodias), this time in mixed pencils and gouache. ~8 x 10 in.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #herons
Pencil and opaque watercolor drawing of the head and neck of a Great Blue Heron, drawn on blue pastel paper.
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Just learned about the daily #HolidayRobin so here's one for today, just visible through a well-placed gap in the leaves.

🪶 #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A European Robin perched on a branch, framed by blurry foliage.
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Here are a few of my favourite #takeoffs for #BirdOfTheDay - a Mandarin Duck, a juvenile Blue Tit, and a Great Egret.

🪶 #birds #birdphotography #birdsinflight #EastCoastKin
A great egret taking off from the bank of a river, diving to catch a fish. A great egret taking off from the water, with a fish in its beak. A mandarin duck taking off from a branch, silhouetted with a warm rim light. A juvenile blue tit taking off from a branch, with its wings fully spread.
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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This #BirdOfTheDay turned out easier than I expected. Here are Blue Tits, Starlings, and Parakeets #Fighting over important bird stuff.

🪶 #birds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin
Two blue tits fighting, one perched on a branch and the other attacking from the air with wings spread. Two starlings fighting, one perched on a branch and the other attacking from the air with wings spread. Two parakeets fighting on a tree trunk, both with wings spread.
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Red Stag - Oils on 6x6" panel.

Available via my website: danjohnsonart.co.uk/product/red-...

#redstag #reddeer #britishwildlife #EastCoastKin #ArtYear
Close crop of an oil painting of a red stag by Dan Johnson. Oil painting of a stag by Dan Johnson.
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Here's a Raven, an Egret, and a Wren, enjoying their #lunchtime for #BirdOfTheDay

The wren is picking spiders out of the hedge!

🪶 #birds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin
A raven standing on the ground with a chunk of food in its beak. An egret standing on a river bank with a fish in its beak. A wren perched on a hedge with a spider in its beak
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Bit late on this one, but it's still yesterday somewhere, so here's a #closeup of an egret for #BirdOfTheDay

🪶 #birds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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How would you feel getting this close to stags in the wild?

My red stag painting will be available soon.

#wildlifeart #redstag #ukwildlife #EastCoastKin #AnimalArtTuesday
November 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Good evening everyone. I haven't shared any of my artwork for a while so here's an experimental piece of a Great White Heron trying to be spooky in the darkness for #Spooktober ! 👻
Hope you like it! ☺️ 🪶 🤍

#Birds #BirdArt #Art #EastCoastKin
A watercolour painting of a Great White Egret that is standing on a rock. The background is black/grey wash and splatters to give a sense of darkness and night time.
October 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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The #starling is my pick for #underrated #BirdOfTheDay - Here's a photo and a painting of the colourful creature!

🪶 #birds #ukbirding #birdphotography #EastCoastKin
A starling perched on a branch, with blurred foliage in the background. Photo by Dan Johnson. An oil painting of a starling in profile view on a white background. Artwork by Dan Johnson.
November 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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All my #hiding shots appear to be hiding, so for #Halloween here's a spooky looking #raven I captured in Tokyo recently.

🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #birds #birding #EastCoastKin
A common raven perched on top of a rock with green leaves in the background. Photo by Dan Johnson.
October 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM