Art in the field
IT feels as if country sports face unrelenting millennial criticism, so it is heartening to discover Emma Cawston’s journey from working in Africa on elephant conservation to being a countryside artist who can accurately portray the difference between a Beretta and a Browning: “People ask me, is there not a clash between my belief in conservation and the environment, and my drawings of shooting and country activities – but surely the countryside way of life is all about conservation?”
Cawston describes herself as a country bumpkin
