I have a light and airy studio looking out over a vineyard up at Botley’s Farm near Downton and am happy to see people by appointment. I particularly enjoy portrait sculpture and ‘cartoon sculptures’ such as my running pheasant and a collection of figures I creating for an Army Officer’s Mess Dining room table in […]
There was a time when a women’s role was to stand dutifully behind her man, offering gentle praise and encouragement when needed. Sometimes, as long as she cut the mustard, she was allowed to stuff cartridges up his breech. That, apart from cooking and serving lunch of course, was a woman’s lot; a supporting role. […]
In 2007 Bryn Parry was an ex-army officer with a brilliant talent for cartoons. In 2016 he and his wife Emma are famous as co-founders of the most astonishingly successful charity, Help For Heroes. It’s been one hell of a ride. I was teaching jungle warfare in Australia when I decided I might be able […]
Dear Bryn Parry Customer, Thank you for visiting our new website which currently only features my original paintings and a few of my books. We have had some calls asking where to find Bryn Parry Studios products like mugs and notecards so I thought I ought to explain what is going on in our world. […]
My friend Tom invited me for a day at a shoot where he has a half gun. He is always somewhat understated and I should have remembered that as I heard him use phrases like ‘small shoot… we meet in a pub…no formal keeper… don’t expect much…fun bunch of people…lunch is a slice of game […]
A little background on Bryn and Emma Long story short… I was in the army for 10 years; I doodled as a hobby. I met Emma, she married me, I left the army in 1985 and set up a business in a barn… Emma came too. I drew lots of things that made me smile […]
People often ask me how long a cartoon takes to draw. The answer of course depends on how complicated it is. More important though is how you turn an idea into a picture. So this is a step by step guide to successful cartooning. Find a topic or hobby you might enjoy. Let’s take shooting […]