A picture of passion, tension and humour.
Bald Heads and Bulls captures the charged atmosphere of the livestock auction ring, where farmers gather shoulder to shoulder with a year’s work hanging in the balance.

As a prize bull is led into the ring, you can almost smell the nerves.

Bald Heads and Bulls is an original painting inspired by the theatre of the livestock auction.

Farmers crowd shoulder to shoulder around the ring, watching, waiting and quietly weighing everything up. At the centre, a prize bull is led forward and suddenly a whole year’s work seems to rest on what happens next.

There is passion, tension and humour in equal measure — the familiar characters, the concentrated faces, the auctioneer’s ring and that unmistakable sense of anticipation.

I’m fascinated by these everyday rituals of rural life: places where work, tradition, money, pride and community all collide. Bald Heads and Bulls celebrates that world with warmth and affection, while still acknowledging just how much can be at stake.

A characterful piece of British rural art for collectors drawn to farming, social history and paintings that tell a story.

The painting measures 22 x 22 inches including the grey, chunky shadow frame.

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