Up coming Events:
Late Night Art Bangor
Thursday 25 June 2026 6-9pm
I will be in the studio open for a chat and with some bits and bobs for you to look at.
Bug Drawing Workshops
Saturday 27 June 11am-12noon, or 1-2pm
Join me in the walled Garden, Bangor for an exploration of some mini beasties! Free but booking required
Creative Peninsula Twilight Market and Arts Night
Friday 7th August 3 – 8pm
I’ll be in Conway square with my stall for the Twilight market, with other Creative Peninsula artists and makers who will be exhibiting, demonstrating, and selling their unique hand-crafted products in Conway Square for one-night only.
Meanwhile, Ards Arts Centre will be alive with creative activity, so make sure to drop in and try your hand at one of the arts activities on offer, and watch artists at work demonstrating their techniques.
Paper Bird workshop at Ards arts Centre
Tuesday 4th August 2026 11am – 1pm
Following instructions and demonstrations, you will learn simple paper cutting and folding techniques in order to cut and assemble a pair of paper bird decorations.
Male and female sparrows look different from each other but are the same basic shape. By changing the colour and shape of different elements of each, we will create a pair
Suitability
Adults/All Levels/ 18 years+op
Summer Art and craft Festival at Castle Espie
Saturday 15th and Sunday 16 August 2026 10am – 4pm
Join us for the North Down Craft Collective Summer Festival, a vibrant two-day celebration of creativity taking place on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th August 2026 at WWT Castle Espie.
Running from 10am to 4pm each day, the festival will showcase the work of more than 30 talented artists and makers from the collective.
I will be running a paper bird workshop which can be booked in advance on the Craft Collective’s website. We will be making Blue Tits and Great Tits.
Please note: Workshops will go live on 27 June
Adele Pound, Wildlife Artist
I originally studied fine art, painting at Winchester School of Art. There my tutors were dismayed by my insistence on making wildlife art. Despite their best efforts, I stubbornly continued to make the natural world my inspiration. Many years have passed since then, and, while much has changed about my art practice, wildlife remains central, specifically the discipline of drawing from life.
Fieldwork
This observational drawing in the field fulfils many functions for my work. Firstly there is the challenge of attempting to create a finished piece in the field. The success or failure of this depends on many things outside of my control, such as wind, rain, cold, heat (sometimes!) and the frustrating habit of wildlife refusing to sit still, or even leaving the scene altogether. Suffice to say my strike rate is not high, but I keep trying!
Stories
The time I spend watching and drawing birds and other animals, also gives me ideas for stories I can tell. Sometimes little scenarios play out while I am watching. Other times, I elaborate on what I have seen. Sometimes I plunge into research to produce longer stories such as ‘Shearwater’. I love the way that I can simplify in cartoons, putting less into each panel, yet still tell you more by the end than I can in a single painting.
Paper Creations
This urge to simplify goes even further in my paper art creations and vector drawings. My paper engineering and digital drawing skills are self taught, so each design is a learning curve, as I feel my way forward, looking for an elegant solution within the design process. It is the careful observation while drawing in the field that enables Immediately recognisable species to be depicted through the use of simple shapes and colours.
I hope you find something here to entertain or make you smile.
