Cock-Up by Nigel Hemming

We have the touching words of Nigel Hemming himself for this image write up:

"On a sad note, my great friend and colleague, David Bresgall, passed away in October. I have been deeply saddened by his loss and miss him dearly. I wanted to pay tribute to him and felt that the best way for me to do so would be to write a piece for my web site, celebrating our association and friendship. You can view this by clicking the next word Tribute to David. A wonderful chap, missed by all who knew him.

I have dedicated my latest image, Cock-Up, to David. I think he would have liked that."

We have Nigel's own commentary of this piece for you all, as follows, for this new November 2012 release:

"This is my first published image since the beginning of the year and it just had to be contemporary.

Over the years, I have painted a number of images of dogs gazing upwards at rising birds. The first was 'Watch the Birdy' back in 1997, the last being Cocker-The-Woods in 2009.

For a second, the dog stands as if petrified, paw frozen in mid-stride, eyes fixed skywards. The background and dog are painted in black and white - all but the eyes - the stark, monotone emphasising the stillness of the moment. In contrast, the Cock Pheasant is in full colour and disappearing from the top of the image to add impact and movement to the work."