Jethro Buck

Sheep, Duck and Cockerel : Aerial Pioneers

2011-08-24T05:24:00.000-07:00

I wanted to paint a balloon. Upon researching hot air balloons I discovered that the first ever passenger flight took place on September the 19^th 1783, in Versailles. A large crowd of about 130,000 people witnessed the event and among the guests were Louis XV1, Mary Antoinette and the French court. The passengers suspended below a hot air balloon were- a sheep, a duck and a cockerel. Why these particular animals were chosen, I don’t know. The balloon flew for 2 miles, and the passengers returned to earth safely (but probably with a bump) 8 minutes later. Here they are mid-flight wondering what’s going on…

36x28cm, Oil on Paper

2011-08-09T11:24:00.001-07:00

26 x 19 cm Gouache on Paper

A Fox Flying a Kite

2011-08-09T10:42:00.001-07:00

23 x 18cm, Oil on Paper

The Night of The Glowing Sembar

2011-08-09T09:03:00.000-07:00

I bought a lovely book called ‘THE NIGHT LIFE OF TREES’. It’s a book full of intricate silk screen prints made by Ram Singh Urveti, Bhajju Shyam and Durga Bai of the Gond tribe in central India. Each print is accompanied by a story.

Here is one of those stories:

THE NIGHT OF THE GLOWING SEMBAR

‘In the rainy month of July. A cowherd was looking for a lost

cow along the edge of the forest. The evening grew darker, and

there was no sign of the cow anywhere. The cowherd became

anxious, and the little calf with him cried for her mother.

Together, they wandered into the forest calling out for the

cow and soon they lost their way. Night fell fast and the black

clouds gathering in the sky confused the cowherd. He could do

nothing but weep with the calf.

A firefly saw the scene and felt pity for the two lost creatures.

"Follow me," he called to them. "I think I can lead you to what

you seek"

And so the two walked through the dark forest, led by the lone

blinking light.

And all of a sudden, the cowherd saw a strange vision ahead of

him. It was a Sembar tree, shining like a jewel in the blackness.

On every leaf,on every branch, sat a firefly. And under the tree,

Bathed in the glow, was the lost cow.

So to this day, we know that good spirits live in the Sembar tree,

and to this day the cowherd and the firefly are friends. And if

you happen to be lost in the forest, you should find your way to

the protecting Sembar, glowing like gold in the night'

from the 'NIGHT LIFE OF TREES', TARA BOOKS

Here is my painting of the moment of relief when the cow is seen safe and sound under the tree.

37x 25cm, Gouache on Paper

The Damascus Drum

2011-08-09T08:48:00.000-07:00

I have recently painted an image illustrating 'The Story of the Damascus Drum', written by Christopher Ryan. It is being used on the front cover. It is a great book, a highly recomend it.

'Daud the Arwadi, a successful trader in
his prime, has his world turned upside
down when the caravan carrying his
fortune is ambushed en route to Damascus.
Takla, a young serving girl in a convent,
encounters a mysterious stranger who sets
her life on a new course. And then there
is Shams, an old billy goat, who lives high
above Damascus on Mount Kassioun
with his flock of goats, who one day loses
his bell. Feeling a sudden sense of
wonderment, he leaps off the very top of
the mountain, and begins a journey into
the unknown such as no billy goat before
him had ever undertaken.

After many adventures and amorous
encounters with endearing female goats,
Shams dies, and his skin arrives at the
shop of Abu Kerim, a Damascene musician
and drum maker who immediately senses
that this skin is special. “The quality of a
drum depends on the animal it is made from.
Not all animals are dumb, you know,” he tells
his friends, “and the skin of an animal can
speak things you couldn’t imagine.”

And so begins a journey which takes Daud
from one end of Syria to the other and back
again, following the beat of a drum, following
his own fears and hopes, following love until
all is given up, and then returned, though not
at all as as he might have imagined.'

Gouache on Paper, 30 x 21cm

The Deer stared back

2011-08-09T08:26:00.001-07:00

9 x 20cm, Gouache on Paper

2011-08-09T08:01:00.001-07:00

16 x 12cm, Gouache on Paper

2011-01-12T09:25:00.000-08:00

Sand and Earth installation made on the floor of the North Wall Arts Centre. Thank you to Nick, Marloes, Mike and Orlando for all your help.

Private View

2010-12-08T16:20:00.001-08:00

The quiet night before

The busy day

The thank you Speech above the clouds

Interview on Amelia's Magazine

2010-12-08T05:41:00.000-08:00

/http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/art/an-interview-with-the-painter-jethro-buck/2010/12/08/

exhibition is up!

2010-12-07T14:34:00.000-08:00

Most paintings are sold already I feel over the moon! Chilling with the zebra at the moment.
The North Wall Gallery
South Parade
Oxford
OX2 7NN
up untill the 20th
Opening times
10-4 mon to sat

2010-11-15T14:07:00.000-08:00

Snow, Port meadow

Gouache on Paper

4 X 16cm

A Zebra, on the moon

Oil on paper

26 X 20 cm

Bird Carpet Carpet Bird

Gouache on paper

26 X 20cm

Elephant puddle

Gouache on photo

10 X 15 cm

2010-11-09T14:33:00.001-08:00

Oxford
22 x 16cm

2010-11-09T14:32:00.000-08:00

The Creative Goose

2010-11-09T14:29:00.000-08:00

Forever.
Root 2 progressive spiral.

Light Box

2010-11-08T07:17:00.001-08:00

Fall

2010-11-08T07:02:00.001-08:00

Fall 20 x 14cm

2010-10-11T10:30:00.001-07:00

North Wall Exhibition

2010-10-09T09:40:00.000-07:00

Come to the North Wall, (South Parade, Summertown, Oxford between the 6th and 18th of December) for an exhibition of my recent work.

http://www.thenorthwall.com/moreinfo.php?ref=237&year=2010&month=12&date=09

Miniatures

2010-10-09T08:54:00.000-07:00

Nature Flows

15 x 15cm

Gouache and liquid gold on paper

Elephant Cloud
Gouache on card
19 x 30cm
Sitar dream
Jump14cm by 20

Nick, Ollie, Orlando and Beer
Closed Door
Open Door

Camel Dream
Carpet Sparrow
Red Admiral

2010-10-08T07:41:00.000-07:00

gouache on paper bit smaller than A4, 'memories of udaipur'. Im on the roof, my parents are in the palace windows. Spot the elephant.

paintings after india

2010-10-08T07:02:00.000-07:00

I have begun the daunting task of painting thoudands of people. One of the most memorable aspects of my trip was experiencing first hand the sheer mass of humanity in india. There are One Billion people in india, that's a lot of people.

Made my own paint, used lots of pigment.

pink and grey

autumn continued

2010-10-08T06:26:00.001-07:00

autumn eleni

autumn series in progress

2010-10-06T11:43:00.000-07:00

shadow 120cm 200cm finished. where does nature leave off and I begin

2010-10-06T11:15:00.000-07:00

real butterfly landed next to my painting

clouds

2010-10-06T10:57:00.000-07:00

7ft by 9ft.
Oil on Canvas

painted about a year and a half ago. After flying over cumulus storm clouds in New Mexico.
All the people on the plane were watching a rubbish chick flick while just outside the window there were these incredible clouds. As good as if not better than the Grand Canyon just more ephemeral and less appreciated. title. 'Look at the Clouds'.

2009-05-17T06:54:00.000-07:00

Festival

2008-10-19T06:20:00.001-07:00

Faces

2008-10-19T06:12:00.000-07:00

People

2008-10-19T05:56:00.000-07:00

Nature series

2008-10-19T05:43:00.000-07:00

Leaf

Oil on Canvas

120X 100cm

Gold Fish
Oil on Gesso Board
13 x 20cm

falmouth light at my door
oil on board 13 x 20cm

late Summer garden
acrylic on board
13 x 20cm

Falmouth Cloud
Oil on Board
13 x 20cm

Tanker dusk
acrylic on Board
13 x 20cm

Marracech
acrylic on board
20 x 13cm