Waina - International Wildlife Artist - Waina 薇娜

Waina – International Wildlife Artist

Waina Cheng, celebrated wildlife artist and Fellow of the Linnean Society, specialist in Chinese calligraphic, oil and watercolour wildlife paintings.

Calligraphic

After Dinner (Tiger), original Chinese Calligraphic painting on rice paper, 38x58cm, S.E.Asia, 1985

At The Water Front (Plovers), original Chinese Calligraphic 48x75cm Israel 1989

Baby Barn Owls, original Chinese Calligraphic painting on rice paper 44x73cm framed

Baby Chimp, original calligraphic 40x67.5cm W.Africa

Barnacle Geese, Chinese Calligraphic on handmade rice paper 50x85.5cm framed

Blue Tits, original calligraphic mounted on card 26x46cm UK

BulBuls, Chinese Calligraphic 63x93cm on handmade rice paper mounted on long silk scroll

Bush Cricket, Chinese Calligraphic on handmade rice paper 37.5x56cm mounted on long silk scroll

Calmness (Marbled Duck), original Chinese Calligraphic 48x75cm Israel 1989 handmade rice paper mounted on long silk scroll

Cheetah, original Chinese Calligraphic 38x56cm East Africa 1985

Chimp Mum, original Chinese Calligraphic 40x68cm handmade rice paper mounted on silk scroll

Contentment (Pelicans nesting in Papyrus), Chinese Calligraphic on handmade rice paper 75x48cm mounted on long silk scroll

Estuary (Barnacle Geese), original Chinese Calligraphic 30.5x44cm England 1990

Family Portrait (Chimpanzee), original Chinese Calligraphic 67.5x88.5cm Nigeria

Gentleman (Pelican), original Chinese Calligraphic framed

Great Crested Grebe, original Chinese Calligraphic painting on handmade rice paper 50x70cm framed

Happiness (Penguins), original Chinese Calligraphic painting on handmade rice paper 42x72cm framed

Hunting Heron, original Chinese Calligraphic 38.5x56cm framed Germany 1985

Ibex, Chinese Calligraphic on handmade rice paper 75x47cm mounted on long silk scroll

Just Another Day (Leaf-Cutting Ants), original Chinese Calligraphic 35x61cm Costa Rica 1984

Lichenstein's Sandgrouse, original calligraphic 44x67cm Israel

Lifelong Friends (Clownfish and Anenome), original Chinese Calligraphic 68x82.5cm Solomon Islands 1990 handmade rice paper on long silk scroll

Little Tern, Chinese Calligraphic on handmade rice paper 44x68cm mounted on long silk scroll

Lynx, original Chinese Calligraphic painting on rice paper 46x58cm framed

Migration (European Stork), Chinese Calligraphic on handmade rice paper 47x75cm mounted on silk scroll

More! (Parental Care, Hoopoe), Chinese Calligraphic 47x75cm handmade rice paper mounted on silk scroll

Morning Gathering (Penguins), original Chinese Calligraphic painting on handmade rice paper 51x85cm framed

Octopus, original Chinese Calligraphic 38x43cm Solomon Islands 1985

On the Clifftop (Egyptian Vulture), Chinese Calligraphic 44x67cm handmade rice paper mounted on long silk scroll

On The Prowl (Leopard), original Chinese Calligraphic 43x67cm handmade rice paper on long silk scroll

一次一念一笑 one moment in time, one flash in thought, one smile

Paper Wasps, original Chinese Calligraphic 42x52cm handmade rice paper framed

Passing Shadow, original Chinese Calligraphic 1991 69x69cm

Peace (Crocodile), original Chinese Calligraphic 57x89cm 1991 S.E.Asia

Porcupine, original Chinese Calligraphic 77x38cm

Predators (Barracudas), original Chinese Calligraphic 70x74cm Solomon Islands 1991

Reflection, Chinese Calligraphic on handmade rice paper 50x86cm framed

Rock Hyrax, original Chinese Calligraphic 67x44cm

Rooster, original Chinese Calligraphic painting on handmade rice paper 53x83cm framed

Shoal, Chinese Calligraphic 30x60cm handmade rice paper mounted on long silk scroll

Snow Scene (Chamois) 1 Chinese Calligraphic 49x68cm handmade rice paper mounted on long silk scroll envisaged as a diptych, may be hung separately or together

Snow Scene (Chamois) 2 Chinese Calligraphic 49x68cm handmade rice paper mounted on long silk scroll envisaged as a diptych, may be hung separately or together

Song Thrush with Babies, original Chinese Calligraphic 33x66.5cm UK

Squid, original Chinese Calligraphic 56.5x68cm handmade rice paper on long silk scroll

Striped Hyena Chinese Calligraphic 44x67cm handmade rice paper mounted on long silk scroll

Terns, original Chinese Calligraphic painting 50x83cm handmade rice paper, framed

The Cliff (Hobby Falcon), original Chinese Calligraphic 43x86cm handmade rice paper mounted on long silk scroll

The Rapid, Chinese Calligraphic 84x63cm handmade rice paper mounted on long silk scroll

Transparent Drifter (Jellyfish), original Chinese Calligraphic 70x74cm Solomon Islands 1991 handmade rice paper on long silk scroll

Warthog, original Chinese Calligraphic

Woodpecker (Israel) Chinese Calligraphic 75x47cm handmade rice paper mounted on long silk scroll

Joy (Zebras)

Designer Jewellery

Custom jewellery by Waina, made from specially selected natural stones, photos by Marie Therese Elliott.

Designer Jewellery

Designer Jewellery

Oil Paintings – the Natural World

Autumn Time (pheasant), original oil painting 80x100cm

Blue-crowned Motmot, original oil painting 65x47cm

Christmas Card (Robin), Oil on Laminate 45.5x105cm

Courtship Dance (Squid), original oil painting on canvas board

Desert Tombs, original oil painting 45.6x61cm

Estuary (Jelly fish and fish), original oil painting 82x53cm

Flameball Lillies, Original oil painting on laminate 114x61.5cm

Forest Floor, Glasswinged Butterfly - original oil painting 86x37cm

Forest Waterfall, original oil painting 45.5x61cm, Central America

Fuchsia and Cricket, original oil painting 45.5x61cm

Hermans Gull, original oil on laminate 54x66.5cm

Joy (Zebras), mixed media on laminate 76.5x114cm, East Africa, 1991

Lionfish, original oil and acrylic on laminate 61.5x83.5cm

Lionfish, original oil and acrylic on laminate, 64x76cm framed

Moonlight Sonata (Flamingo), original oil painting on canvas board 66x45.7cm

Morning Peace (Egret and Turtles), original oil painting 51x76.5cm

Morose (Wilderbeest), original oil painting 46x81cm, canvas on hardboard

On The Run (Pheasant), original oil on laminate in wooden frame 47x108cm

Rainforest with Woodpeckers, original oil painting

River Nile, Dawn, oil on canvas board 61x45.6cm

Secretary Bird, original oil on canvas

Snowy Owls, original oil on canvas 87x58cm

Sunset, original oil painting 45.7x56cm

Sunset, original oil painting 45.7x56cm

White-throated Magpie Jay, original oil on canvas 70x54cm

Chameleon, original Silk Screen print 31.5x55cm Nigeria, 1973

Original Oils

All Fresians Face West, original oil painting on canvas board 83x61cm

Blue Door, original oil painting on canvas board 66x46cm

Bush Fire, original oil painting on canvas board 61x45.6cm

Diptych, original oil painting 50.8x76.2cm

Evening Sky (Red Ibis), original oil painting on canvas, mixed media (glass) on canvas 80x100cm S.America

First Rain, Leaf people, Cameroons - original oil painting 93x63cm framed

Gently, Briefly, Tenderly We Touched (moth), oil and ink on canvas board 50.8x76.2cm Waina used to keep pet moths and this picture uses a moth being hand-fed nectar as a symbol of the delicate nature of our relationship with the natural world.

Heaven and Earth, Original Oil painting 80x100cm

Hedgehog Crossing, original oil painting on canvas board 59x50cm

Just Another.. original oil on canvas board 40.6x50.8cm Just Another.. is an ironic take on the contrast between the idea of the English Country House and reality of the suburban country house: instead of the grand vista, the opposite house and the passing traffic are almost part of the room.

Last Line of Defence, original oil painting on canvas 16x20cm Germany 1991

Love Lies Bleeding (The Garden), original oil painting on canvas board 55.9x45.6cm

Morning Snowdrops, Evening Shadow, original oil painting on canvas board 61x45.6cm

Past and Future, original oil painting 80x100cm

Red Dragon, White Dragon (Traffic on Motorway 40) - original oil painting on canvas board 76x62cm

Summer Balloons, original oil painting 91x76.5cm

Summer Garden, original oil painting on canvas board

Sun Shadow, Moon Shadow, original oil painting on canvas board 61x45.6cm

The Sky Should Be Purple from the blues and reds of the sufferings of mankind (graveyard scene) 61x45.6cm original oil on canvas board

The Stump, original oil painting on canvas board 64x46cm

Three Timepoints (Orchid), original oil painting on canvas board 61x45.6cm