Deer Place
by Ron Boyd
Oil/ Panel
60cms x 150cms

"The idea for the painting Deer Place developed out of my research for another piece called Round Walk. I was exploring an area in the centre of the Forest and discovered a very secluded little area. I was drawing there when I was visited by a group of deer. Deer in the Forest are very elusive and I sat completely still. A stag circled me and barked challenges from about 50 metres. I got to know the place and to spot the signs of the deer; rubbing places, spoor and tracks and was enthralled by this parallel secret world - so close to busy tourist areas. Deer Place eventually became a sort of map of the route I took to get to the deer."

                                                                                                                       (Ron Boyd 2002)