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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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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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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.

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#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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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
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For Rob's great #BirdOfTheDay theme of #OddAngles here we have a torpedo Blue Tit, and an inverted Parakeet.

🪶 #birds #birdphotography #ukbirding #EastCoastKin
A blue tit diving diagonally toward to ground with its wings and legs tucked in. Photo by Dan Johnson. A parakeet hanging upside down from a branch with its tail sticking up in the air. Photo by Dan Johnson.
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Here's a little look at the painting process...

#bees #oilpainting #EastCoastKin #ArtYear

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October 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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For #BirdOfTheDay, here are a couple of gulls I photographed, as well as one I painted.

🪶 #birds #birdphotography #birdart #EastCoastKin #gulls
Photo of a black-headed gull standing on top of a tree stump with green leaves in the background. Photo by Dan Johnson. Photo of a lesser black-backed gull in flight, taken from above, with the sea and some rocks in the background. Photo by Dan Johnson. Oil painting of a lesser black-backed gull in flight. Artwork by Dan Johnson.
October 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Here's a pair of #Flamingos for #BirdOfTheDay as well as #TwosDay and #DailyDouble. Taken at Martin Mere.

🪶 #birds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin
A pair of flamingos both standing one one leg, facing each other, and with their heads lowered to drink from the pond they are standing in, and almost touching each other. Photo by Dan Johnson
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Bumblebee - Oils on 6x6" panel.

This one took forever to dry, but it's finally ready and will be available soon. Sign up for my Art Alerts if you want to be the first to know when it's available: www.dailypaintworks.com/artists/dan-...

#AnimalArtTuesday #Bees #Flowers #OilPainting #EastCoastKin
Oil painting of a bumblebee collecting pollen from a lavender flower. Artwork by Dan Johnson.
October 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Two birds Tokyo has in abundance are Herons and Egrets, so the last two #BirdOfTheDay posts have been very timely for me. Here's a #Heron from my recent #Tokyo trip, perched on a roof outside the Imperial Palace Gardens.

#birds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin
A grey heron perched on an ornate Japanese style roof outside the Imperial Palace Gardens in Tokyo. Photo by Dan Johnson.
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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I've been away on a trip to Tokyo and mostly avoided social media. Now I'm back, and Rob's choice of #egret for #BirdOfTheDay is very fitting as Tokyo was full of them! Here's one of many I captured there.
Photo of an egret by Dan Johnson. The egret is standing on a ledge above some shallow water and bending down with its beak almost touching the water surface and its reflection is visible in the water.
October 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM