The day of an adult puffin during the nesting season is a combination of high drama and waiting around! They have to brave the wind and waves in all weathers, to go out to sea to fish for food for themselves and their puffling chick. Then, on their return to land, must avoid the marauding gulls, keen to steal an easy meal.
It's common on Inner Farne to see groups of puffins clustered round one burrow, looking for all the world like gossiping neighbours.
In this painting I was quite convince that one of them must have scuttled back into its burrow while I wasn't watching... as I was sure that there were 6 birds when I started!!
This work was created using Artist's acrylic paints on a canvasboard.
The painted image is 30 by 40 cm. It is ready to hang and framed in a bespoke white painted wooden frame, making the the outer dimensions of the framed work 38 by 48 cm.
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