Thinking Like a Mountain
By Aldo Leopold

http://www.eco-action.org/dt/thinking.html

Lost  

A native American Elder was asked,

“What shall we do if we get lost?”

Stand still.  The trees before you and the bushes beside you are not lost.

Wherever you are is a place called here,

and you must treat it as a powerful stranger

both asking to know and be known.

Listen.  The forest whispers,

“I have made this place, you can leave and return once again

saying, here.”

No two trees are the same to Raven,

no two branches the same to Wren.

If what a tree or a branch does is lost on you,

you are truly lost.

Stand still.  Listen.

The forest knows where you are.

Let it find you.

by David Wagoner

Horse Chestnut Tree

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Study sheet displaying the process of painting an English tree in an Indian way

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Animal Tower

All the animals from 'The Forest' painting below have got themselves into a tower.

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The Forest

The Forest

 93 x 75 cm Hand made paint on hand made paper

I am happy to announce that this painting received the runner up prize at the art fair ‘Art in Action’  in the best of the best exhibition.  Voted for by all the other 400 exhibiting artists, thanks guys.

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I have sold almost everything at my degree show, so this week is the last chance to see my most recent body of work all together.  Come see the forest that I have been painting for the past 6 months.  It is being exhibited at The Prince's Scool of Traditional Arts until Lunch time the 11th of July.  The Gallery will be open from 10am until 9pm Mon to Fri. 10 till 4 on Saturday. 

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I and other graduate students will be exhibiting work at the Prince's School of Traditional Arts MA degree show.  It will open to the public on the 1st of July until the 10th.  19 -22 Charlotte Road.  Come along!

Putting together a Geodesic dome with Jonathan Horning in Geometry class

Geometry in progress

In the words of my tutor Paul Marchant 'You don't do geometry, geometry does you'.

My crazy father, Michael Buck is going to be on channel 4's 'George Clarke's Amazing Spaces' showing his cob house in Oxford. It's on this Thursday at 8pm.   Check it out. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/george-clarkes-amazing-spaces/episode-guide

http://michael-buck.blogspot.co.uk/

Indian Miniature

KEDAR RAGINI , Naturl pigment paint on antique paper.

An Ash smeared Yogi and devotee sit under a tree beneath a crescent moon on a calm and still night.

 This image was painted in an Indian miniature class at The Princes School of Traditional Arts.  I am grateful to our tutor; the master Pichhwai painter  Desmond Lazaro for his guidance and expert insight.  And his selection of beautiful pigments prepared in Pondicherry.

Iznik Plate

One of my paintings is going to be in this new book.
http://www.psta.org.uk/news/56/

Our Autonomous Nature

Sand, Earth, Seeds
made from sand and earth.

Tomorrow is the last chance to see the sand and earth mandala  I made with the help of friends at the Our Autonomous Nature exhibition at  TESTBED1, 33 PARKGATE RD, SW11 4NP.  

Thank You

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Thank You to all of you that came to the exhibition.  I am happy it went so well and glad people enjoyed it. Almost all the paintings in the exhibition have sold which is great!

There are now a few limited edition high-resolution digital prints for sale of the paintings above.  They are made from pigmented inks stained onto high quality artists water colour paper.  I am very pleased with how they have come out.

If you are interested in buying any digital prints or paintings please contact my agent Jenny Blyth, here is a link to her website and contact details. http://www.jennyblythfineart.co.uk/thumbs.php?cat=25 Or let me know jethrobuck1@gmail.com
They are priced at £55 each, editions of 50.

Elephant on the loose

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This guy escaped from one of my paintings, there have been a few sightings of him walking around the gallery.

Review of my exhibition in the Oxford Mail

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/leisure/artandbooks/art/10349035.Jumbo_Talent/?ref=rss

sun

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23 carat shell gold paint on indigo dyed  paper.

Review of FREE FALL exhibition in The Oxford Culture Review

http://theoxfordculturereview.com/2013/03/26/review-freefall-by-jethro-buck/

i-india

10% of any profit I make from my exhibition at art jericho will go to  this charity http://www.i-indiaonline.com/ that helps street kids in Jaipur.

Mughal on his vespa

This painting is part of Howard Hodgkin's collection.  It is of Maharaja Dhiraj Singh riding a horse (1700)  

Below is a Mughal emperor on a vespa.

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Oil on linen.

Sitting under the Tree

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My mate the Mahout

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Oil and Charcoal on Canvas

FREE FALL. New Exhibition

I will be exhibiting my work made over the past year  at Art Jericho in Oxford, from the 21st of March to the 27th of April.
Private view 24th of March 12 till 4.

http://www.artjericho.com/Art_Jericho/Contact.html

http://www.jennyblythfineart.co.uk/thumbs.php?cat=36

http://www.artjericho.com/Art_Jericho/Forthcoming.html
jennyblyth@btconnect.com

Elephant Tower

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Where does nature leave off and I begin, Carpet Man

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Oil on canvas, 

Pining in the Forest

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Mynar birds

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JUMP!

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'Jump' series.  Each piece 19 x 15 cm

Gouache on hand made paper

Collaboration with Vinita and Ajay Sharma

wood Parquetry

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Man Playing his Barbat (Lute). Gouache and Shell Gold on Wasli Paper

Painted in my Persian miniature class at The Princes School of Traditional Arts.  I am grateful to my teacher Fatima Zahra for teaching me traditional Persian techniques.  Here is a link to her website.  http://www.effzedd.co.uk/

This painting is featured in this  book:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arts-Crafts-Islamic-Lands-Principles/dp/0500517029

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together, gouache on paper 11cm x 6cm

Art work for TEED's Album

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I turned my mate Orlando (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs) into a carpet. He liked it. So he used one of my collages for his album artwork.   The image below was used on the inside sleeve of the cd cover.

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Trouble is #3 in Time Out's best albums of 2012 and #5 in BBC album of the year!  Also iTunes have named him Electronic New Artist of the Year. Way to go Orlando! I think it is safe to say I can take all the credit for that.  You would be nothing if it wasn't for my little collage.  ;).   No, I'm proud of you and happy to have been a small part of the journey.  If you haven't got Trouble yet it is cheap on itunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/trouble/id525876816?affId=1930871 or buy a real cd to see my artwork.

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Oil Painting.  To be shown at my next exhibition.

Dads cob house

https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=390455634340840&set=a.312486415471096.76994.147479555305117&type=3&theater
Here is a photo of a house my father built using only local materials and no money.  He taught himself how to thatch.  The walls are made of cob (mixture of earth, clay and straw) dug from the ground around the house.  There is fresh water running from a spring just by the house.  There is a wood burning stove inside and a bread oven.  There are many windows on the other side of the house looking over a beautiful valley.  Each window frames a particular scene when sat from a particular seat moulded from the walls.  The paint on the walls is made from chalk and a plant resin binder.  I love this house.
http://michael-buck.blogspot.co.uk/

Talk about a mandala.

I was invited to make a piece of art for a Self Knowledge Global Responsibility Symposium.  http://www.selfknowledgeglobalresponsibility.org/
Here I am talking about it.

Elephants of Jaipur

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26 x 21cm Oil on Canvas

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26 x 21cm Oil on Canvas

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26 x 21cm Oil on Canvas