Angela Harding

My encounters with nature are very personal. I am inspired by watching jays gathering acorns and hearing owls hooting. In the shady parts of my garden, ferns grow. In the springtime, the ferns unfurl their tight, rounded, bundled leaves into rich green fingers. By the autumn, these same leaves are starting to go brown at the edges. This seems to...

One of Waterstones' Best Nature Books of the Year 2024 Featuring over 50 original illustrations of dramatic seascapes and reflective rivers, alongside photography of the stunning places that inspired the artwork, Angela Harding's beautiful new book captures the waters that move us. 'A blue-green sketchbook sits at the edge of my studio desk. It is covered in decorative paper that...

'Spring, at all its stages, has an energy that engages us with the outside world.' 'Seasonal change has always been a great inspiration for my artwork. I love the changing light that brings new colours and smells. The seasons are nature's clock, bringing birds from distant shores to nest and breed in our gardens. So it is hard to say...

The wildflower bank outside my window hums and buzzes. At midday, the summer sun spreads the perfume of roses and honeysuckle to every corner. Summer is a time of changing colours and changing light. It is when the sharp acid green of spring growth deepens and darkens. Lengthening days and stronger light bring change to our garden; it is transformed...

With over 70 original illustrations, printmaker Angela Harding invites you to look at how the light changes the world around us, and how that changes us in its turn."I, like many other people, find great inspiration in the way mornings, evenings or bright midday light changes the way we see the things around us. The bouncing light of a cloud-filled...

'When the snow falls quickly, it brings dramatic change. Hare, rabbit and bird tracks become visible in the lanes and fields.''When it snows, I am a child again. I must go out for a crunching, snowy walk, and experience the landscape transformed. It is a cliche to call it Narnia, but when the snow falls thickly it does bring dramatic...

The complete seasonal quartet from beloved printmaker and illustrator Angela Harding, now available in a beautifully designed boxset. This stunning collection is a perfect gift for nature-lovers, with a book for every season: Spring Unfurled, Summer's Hum, Falling into Autumn, and Winter's Song. The books that make up this pocket-sized series take readers on a journey through the seasons, reflecting...

A beautifully illustrated guide to nature through the seasons by much-loved printmaker Angela Harding. The cover of this stunning book has an exclusive triptych printed on the reverse - a perfect collector's item. This stunning work, the first book that is solely dedicated to Angela's art, is a celebration of her beautiful prints, and a glimpse into her detailed and...