Media: Wax pencils on cartridge paper 2026
Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton in the county of Buckinghamshire, served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service from 1998 to 2002 while Tony Blair was Prime Minister. His life peerage was awarded in 2002. He was educated at Radley College and Clare College, Cambridge.
MEDIUM: watercolour
LOCATION: Rethymnon, in Crete
The adult shown in this picture is that father of the toddler with the green bucket. The search for little fishes attracted the attention of two unrelated toddlers who were keen to join in. The composition of the group then attracted the attention of the artist, Leslie Macdonald. This is the result.
MEDIUM: Wax pencil on cartridge paper, 2025
The drawing attempts to capture the delicate process of transferring knowledge (and perhaps wisdom) across an age gap that, in this case, bridges three generations
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MEDIUM: wax pencil on cartridge paper, 2025 tap/click to zoom
LOCATION: Apricale, Liguria, Italy
The artist’s eye was caught by these three men sitting on a low wall above the village square during the annual La Sagra della Pansarola, an autumn festival in which huge numbers of small doughnuts (pansarole) are fried by the village women in giant vats of hot oil set out in the square of the medieval hilltop village of Apricale, in the foothills of the Maritime Alps. The pansarole are then freely distributed to those who watch on, accompanied by hot zabaglione. The occasion includes a religious procession through the streets and the village brass band playing in the square as darkness falls. Brilliant!
MATERIAL: wax pencil on cartridge paper, 2025
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LOCATION: Iraq
This drawing is inspired by a image captured by a war photographer during the 2nd Iraq War. It shows an American GI carrying an injured child from the aftermath of a bomb explosion. The original photograph has been re-interpreted by FA Productions’ resident portrait artist, Leslie Macdonald. Sadly, the child died while in the soldier’s arms.
Media: Wax pencil on cartridge paper 2026
The father of the bride (on the right) celebrates with the uncle of the bride (on the left)
