BWG Studio Art Tour 2018
Article by Miriam King of Bradford Today
Sneak Peek of BWG Studio Art Tour 2018
Article by Miriam King of Bradford Today
Bye for now
We spent two days inside the Wilpattu national park with only glimpses of leopards without proper photo opportunities and we were not happy. We had to leave that day, so we packed and started heading back with heavy hearts. Half way to the park exit, we suddenly saw a black spot, that looked like an…
Tipsy bear
One morning inside the Yala national park, we came across a sloth bear on a palu (Manilkara hexandra) tree. It spent a good amount of time pulling branches and snacking on juicy yellow palu fruits. They say eating excessive amounts of this fruit, gives you an intoxicating effect. We believe this bear got ‘tipsy’ after…
Gemunu
On one evening inside the Yala national park, we ran in to a mini traffic jam, where all the safari vehicles were stopped. We were told it was because of “Gemunu”, the lone tusker who was notorious for demanding food from passing vehicles. We had seen Gemunu in our previous visits to Yala. Our safari…
Cattle thief’s evening nap
During one of our afternoon excursions in the Yala park, we stumbled upon this huge leopard known to safari drivers as “Harak Hora”, the cattle thief. The leopard tried to creep inside a culvert but changed his mind and went in to the jungle. The same evening, when we were returning to our park bungalow,…
BWG Studio Art Tour 2017
Article by Miriam King of Bradford Times
Bradford West Gwillimbury Studio Art Tour 2017
The Studio Art Tour in 2017 in my home town Bradford West Gwillimbury was the first occasion where I displayed my work in public, and I received a lot of encouraging feedback from the people in my town. It gave me the opportunity to get to know fellow artists as well as those who had…
Missed Prey
When we were traveling along the banks of a water body one evening in the Wilpattu national park, a serpent eagle suddenly dashed in front of our vehicle and landed on the edge of the water. Puzzled by what we saw, we looked to see that the eagle was trying to capture a land monitor….
First Flight
One afternoon, inside the Wilpattu national park, we came across this monarch bird’s nest, which has a distinctive cone shape. There were two chicks in the nest, and two adults were hovering around them. We stopped to watch the commotion and realized that they were teaching the chicks to fly out of the nest. While…