A joyful and celebratory gift book devoted to the work of the muchloved English artist Eric Ravilious 19031942 and the influence of natural forms and themes in his work. Eric Ravilious was a designer painter printmaker and illustrator best known for his depictions of the English landscape particularly the South Downs. Often described as a particularly English artist key to his style was an ability to convey in watercolour the mild vagaries of the British climate. His engagement with nature though romantic rather than precise pervades his works in many different techniques. This book explores his appreciation of the natural world and the techniques he used in a variety of media to convey those elements. Drawing on the VampAs collections more than 100 beautiful images capture Raviliouss deep enjoyment of everything in nature from dewponds cockerels grassy hills owls greenhouse geraniums cornsheaves and snow to the rainy seas airportrunway puddles and tideswept beaches of his later work as a war artist. The book includes sections on weather plants landscape animals and birds and ends with a section devoted to man in the landscape showcasing Raviliouss love of rusting machinery and other signs of human presence within nature not least his famous depictions of hillside chalk figures. This book will appeal to those with a love of English landscapes flora and fauna or an interest in British art and design in the interwar period.