Robin Swift Art

Robin Swift Art Robin Swift Art comprises two people. The artist (Robin) and the store manager (their fiancée Claire). That evening something magical happened, we got engaged!

Our inspiration comes from nature and traditional handicrafts. In July 2019 we were on holiday in and around Aberystwyth in Wales. We had a perfect day watching hundreds of red kites being fed at a local wildlife sanctuary and watching the swallows nesting in the eaves of our holiday cottages. We had so much excited energy we started bouncing wedding ideas around while Robin was making paintings i

nspired by my RSPB bird book. Suddenly an idea was thrown out that we should assign each wedding guest a different bird, which would be used on their invite, place name and favour. We joked that Robin would paint 100 birds...but then decided it wasn't a joke! We love where this project and our other crafts are taking us and want to share them. At first we gifted the originals to friends and family, after a few months it even became necessary to start finding new owners. Eventually you're faced with mounds of hidden pictures in files and boxes so we are taking scans of everything for our wedding stationery and most of the original artworks are now available to purchase or have already flown the nest. Many paintings aren't listed on the shop but are still available. See our instagram account to see more. We can also take requests for new artwork so the possibilities are endless and we'd love to hear from you.

The other new card from the last batch.
09/05/2022

The other new card from the last batch.

Trying out some new fineliners I bought from a new art/gift shop in Belper ( ). Recently, beavers have been reintroduced...
09/05/2022

Trying out some new fineliners I bought from a new art/gift shop in Belper ( ). Recently, beavers have been reintroduced to Derbyshire so I was drawing these while we had them on the TV.

Sketchbook weirdness 2
09/05/2022

Sketchbook weirdness 2

The finished piece of our that I showed the for a few days ago. My wife is showing what it looks like where we're go...
03/05/2022

The finished piece of our that I showed the for a few days ago. My wife is showing what it looks like where we're going to display it in the first picture and there's a detail picture after that.

My wife (sort of pictured) got me a huge stack of these tiny frames from . I'm looking forward to doing a bunch of thes...
03/05/2022

My wife (sort of pictured) got me a huge stack of these tiny frames from . I'm looking forward to doing a bunch of these. This one is of our in one of our favourite places in the world in .

I've always loved trees, I'm not sure what artist got me into them. trees are really inspiring and trying to find who my inspiration probably was is revealing so many artists I admire. I'll do another of this place focussing on that.

Next in my series of frames, is this in .
02/05/2022

Next in my series of frames, is this in .

Next one in my series, a I was drawing in a while watching something on YouTube. I liked his eyes, which was whe...
30/04/2022

Next one in my series, a I was drawing in a while watching something on YouTube. I liked his eyes, which was where the started. (Apologies to any biologists, the anatomy was improvised from memory so he may look strange.)

Dragon clouds over the valley: sketchbook page 5
31/10/2021

Dragon clouds over the valley: sketchbook page 5

Our border collie in his usual position on the hearth (with some nature doodling): sketchbook (page 4)
30/10/2021

Our border collie in his usual position on the hearth (with some nature doodling): sketchbook (page 4)

Chickens with long legs: sketchbook weirdness 3
29/10/2021

Chickens with long legs: sketchbook weirdness 3

Sketchbook weirdness 2
28/10/2021

Sketchbook weirdness 2

On the subject of beavers this is a birthday card that we decided not to make, but is worth sharing still.
20/10/2021

On the subject of beavers this is a birthday card that we decided not to make, but is worth sharing still.

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