# ![@SamCannonArt Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::438286380.png) @SamCannonArt Sam Cannon Art

Sam Cannon Art posts on X about colour, paint, art, thailand the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Top Social Posts
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"Nearly finished but I couldnt wait to show you. And I hope my wee hogs are sleeping for a bit longer until I put their food out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1690445653749444608)  2023-08-12T19:30Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"'Beautiful dreamer wake unto me starlight and dewdrops and waiting for thee.' From the parlour song. Silbury Hill Wiltshire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1700952777277530439)  2023-09-10T19:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A little bit of Australia Robin watercolour painting today. I am in love with these little birds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1719645480068534551)  2023-11-01T09:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"From which stars have we fallen to meet each other here. Friedrich Nietzsche One of my favourite paintings from this year. Who is making that noise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1727062521579028641)  2023-11-21T20:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Today saw the return of the blackbirds. They sought other sources of food (and found many Rowan Berries) when the wasps took control of their sultanas. But today frosty and bright the sultanas went back out and the blackbirds my firm friends returned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1728349674174660954)  2023-11-25T09:47Z [----] followers, 21K engagements


"@ladyshippers8 Awhhh thank you so much for saying that Helen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1728388753096622101)  2023-11-25T12:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"My favourite badger painting from a few years ago. Using the image from the late Dan Belton for reference. Just look into his eyes. Beautiful souls"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1728708886918549862)  2023-11-26T09:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A painting from last year. This is the view across the valley to Colmers Hill and beyond that the sea. The words are from 'Bleak Mid Winter' by English poet Christina Rossetti"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1731310259375952123)  2023-12-03T13:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"And you will keep me safe And you will keep me close And rain will make the flowers grow From Les Miserables Reference source for this fox is the amazing Dora from @foxguardiansuk Today helping me support a poorly fox. Do Have a look at her page & site"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1732697099580367137)  2023-12-07T09:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This one ***needs a click*** or you'll miss most of the picture (it's very tall and thin). Especially the beautiful yellow/gold reflected leaves. 'The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you' Rumi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1735627706249695320)  2023-12-15T11:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I never quite know how a painting will turn out. Some I love. Some I definitely don't. But this one remains my favourite. I wish I knew the recipe as I'd make it every day. #foxoftheday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1736795620969517561)  2023-12-18T17:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"'The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.' A quote by Helen Keller (which may well have come from her teacher) A bit different to my usual work. But it's always a good day to appreciate miracles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1737763959632007385)  2023-12-21T09:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. Victor Hugo I appreciate the dark nights. Whilst my mind rarely rests it at least gives my body a chance to catch up. And when the sun does rise I appreciate it all the more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1738269353013826040)  2023-12-22T18:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This picture ***needsaclick*** as it is very tall and thin (not the best for showing on here so apologies). But I hope you think the click is worth it. Albert Einstein 'Out of clutter find simplicity. From discord find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1741028817915830728)  2023-12-30T09:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Life is a balance between holding on and letting go. And today seems a good day to repost this one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1741783064597217343)  2024-01-01T11:26Z [----] followers, 14.8K engagements


"How lovely is the silence of growing things. I have finally seen my friend the sun this morning. Our ponds our brimming and I hope hold the promise of beautiful creatures such as these in the summer months. My calendar is marked for mid summer when they emerged last year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1743224410931151077)  2024-01-05T10:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Public_Pers A leaping hare should definitely have an emoji of its own 🧡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1743581932972130647)  2024-01-06T10:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"My son says I should paint much faster. But I enjoy every single stroke (and mixing all the paints to get just the right colours). Eurasian Eagle Owl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1744791444064252182)  2024-01-09T18:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"*****needsaclick***** Stay patient and trust your journey. I used to live next to a beautiful clear river in Surrey and each year the Mayflies were an absolute delight. I miss them here in my corner of Dorset but have this [----] picture to remember them by"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1745380753477648614)  2024-01-11T09:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"'The medicine here is love.' Author unknown But one of my favourite phrases as I like to think it's how animals that live with or near to us feel. Water shelter food. Safety"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1746110238606897660)  2024-01-13T10:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"From my very oldest owl (drawing) to my very newest owl (watercolour). Their presence in the dark of the night is like a warm hug. Occasionally I'll feel scared if I'm outside alone. But the soothing sound of our Tawny Owls takes me straight back to a place of safety"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1746466254183969127)  2024-01-14T09:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Occasionally stupidly I paint long thin pictures. A pain to frame and can't be turned into cards. But nonetheless they are an itch I need to scratch from time to time. Rabbits owls badgers and deer ❤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1747194345642488062)  2024-01-16T09:49Z [----] followers, 29.4K engagements


"I know that Ravens aren't everyone's cup of tea. But to me they are the most beautiful intelligent birds. I could watch them in their family groups all day long. This picture is a nod to Hugin and Munin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1747913528097349771)  2024-01-18T09:27Z [----] followers, 13.7K engagements


"Leave room in your garden for the angels to dance. On the coldest of days here in sunny Dorset I wonder what life is lurking beneath the ice in our ponds. These beauties danced all around them in the summer and I hope have left behind the promise of many more this year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1748277460439793843)  2024-01-19T09:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Brand new work and a glimpse into my Friday night. No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself. Virginia Woolf Watercolours and Schmincke Aqua Bronze (my favourite)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1748642862743363947)  2024-01-20T09:45Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@derriennebell Thank you Not exactly a rock and roll Friday night but I loved it 🧡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1748645035757670509)  2024-01-20T09:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"'The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for us to grow sharper'. I think attributal to Eden Phillpotts I'm debating just drawing/painting foxes for the next month. I love them so much. This is a really old picture - [----] I think. #FoxOfTheDay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1749000371714822632)  2024-01-21T09:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Beautiful dreamer wake unto me. Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee. From the parlour song. Silbury Hill in Wiltshire. And the magnificence of the moon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1749728746519625957)  2024-01-23T09:40Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"We have snowdrops and a few daffodils. And I can't wait for the forget-me-nots to come back too. Sprinkling their magic around the garden. This is a little watercolour painting. The jenny wren is so much easier to paint than the forget-me-nots. That colour is so tricky"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1750083165232713952)  2024-01-24T09:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The inspiration you seek is already within you. Be silent and listen. Rumi A simple picture from [----] when I was learning lots about painting with gold paint. And a beautiful message from Rumi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1751177023991542236)  2024-01-27T09:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"'Reflections' And a gentle reminder to myself of how hard this is to paint (it's in watercolours). Not the top bit (so enjoyable to do). But to get the reflection to match up realistically. Love is in the air. ❤ #FoxOfTheDay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1751894911765426521)  2024-01-29T09:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"***needsaclick*** Possibility over enthusiastic for me to post another picture today. But nonetheless. E E Cummings - 'May my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living. A watercolour from last summer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1751942923803898169)  2024-01-29T12:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Sometimes I grow plants specifically for future paintings. This may mean waiting [--] to [--] months as in the case of these carrots. But they are so worth it. Honestly let them go to seed. They are spectacular. Life is a balance of holding on and letting go"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1752622011841409145)  2024-01-31T09:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Following on from my post a couple of weeks ago where I showed my utterly self indulgent 'long thin paintings'. Here are some more. Honestly I could have kept painting them endlessley (the ideas kept coming). But I capped it at [--]. #foxoftheday I love foxes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1753394795047751981)  2024-02-02T12:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"***needsaclick*** to see it in full. [--] days until Saint Valentine's Day - I have this drawaing as a card. E.E. Cummings 'Yours is the light by which my spirit's born: - you are my sun my moon and all my stars.' Drawn in colour pencils on black board [--] years ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1754430105835770146)  2024-02-05T09:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Last night when I nipped outside I was met with a beautiful chorus from the Tawny Owls. A joy to listen to. Really hard to paint 😱 This is a watercolour but the gold is Schmincke Aqua Bronze. The lettering is black gouache on top of the gold"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1755520330502692968)  2024-02-08T09:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A brand new painting today and one that features two of my favourite animals foxes and barn owls. Paintings like this take a bit more work than usual as I have to push myself out of my comfort zone. Different colours lots of blending and finally my favourite bit the details"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1756605470473597241)  2024-02-11T09:05Z [----] followers, 10.6K engagements


"I posted this recently without the words (because it's my favourite ever painting). But the words seem more poignant now than ever. Everywhere I look everywhere I turn so much corruption. So many people thinking about personal enrichment. Me and not us. It's driving me crazy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1757337415616753810)  2024-02-13T09:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Public_Pers Awhhhh thank you so much for sharing ❤🌻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1758797577560932534)  2024-02-17T10:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Me this morning. Wishing I was asleep surrounded by beauty and with a little fox to watch over me. I've not painted a horse in a while (now I'm a mum to [--] donkeys). But when I start dreaming of them I know it's time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1761320296202506640)  2024-02-24T09:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"'Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.' From Les Miserables (I think - I'm questioning all citations these days). Rain before bed. Rain when I rise. Hoping the sun will return soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1763128649018900843)  2024-02-29T09:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Many years ago when I was learning about watercolour painting I went through a blue phase. I learnt to layer to blend to dab off the paint and even had a first go at painting a sky. Turns out Sea Horses are so so hard to paint. But I love blue and it was worth it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1764674937657127175)  2024-03-04T15:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing my darling) e. e. cummings #foxoftheday Watching you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1765306590968619246)  2024-03-06T09:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Forget-me-nots and a Jenny Wren Mine are just waiting to burst into bloom. I've taken to walking around the garden & field with the bird song app open. And these tiny joyous creatures are popping up everywhere. Just the sweetest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1768204459362910285)  2024-03-14T09:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I'll tell you how the Sun rose A Ribbon at a time. Emily Dickinson And as the Celandine is now flowering so beautifully and will soon be joined by the Stitchwort an apt time to show these foxes (and barn owls). The subtle Stitchwort elevates those flowers growing around it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1768932056145236306)  2024-03-16T09:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"These little watercolours are all painted on hand made paper from Thailand. I match the mice to the shape of the leaves that are inside the paper. Small but perfectly formed little originals. #watercolor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1770415372463686089)  2024-03-20T11:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"My background is one of typography rather than art. My joy these days is combining the two. With pencils paint brushes and paint. Slow but incredibly satisfying"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1770751164264460417)  2024-03-21T09:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Real art. Real hands paint and paint brushes. Created with love imagination and practice. No algorithms. Normally within a messy desk and with little things like ammonites kept close to remind me how brief it all is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1772928468801528129)  2024-03-27T10:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Emily Dickinson 'Write me of hope and love and hearts that endured.' Come on Spring. It makes me sad seeing the lambs the ponies the birds the deer all out there in this rain. We all need some hope and love right now (I'm sure it's not just me)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1773651569692577811)  2024-03-29T10:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Thank you everyone for all your lovely support yesterday (and this morning too). I'm blown away. This is a close up of a painting from a couple of years ago that was far less problematic - and contains two of my favourite animals. Have a wonderful Sunday. ☀☀☀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1774359846193606999)  2024-03-31T08:55Z [----] followers, 22.9K engagements


"She blazed. She kindled. Out of the night she burnt like a white star. Virginia Woolf Hares Barn Owl Standing Stones and the Moon. So many of my favourite things in one picture. Watercolours on watercolour paper. Apart from the moon which is Silver Schmincke Aqua Bronze"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1775801343447334925)  2024-04-04T08:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Last week I read and re read her final words before she died. "I feel certain I am going mad again. I feel we cant go through another of those terrible times. And I shant recover this time." No room for the rest here. My heart breaks for her"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1775802273483935754)  2024-04-04T08:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Work in progress. Before you decide to paint Hawthorn blossom just remind yourself how hard it is. Im heading into battle again now #wren #hawthorn #watercolor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1778411871478931636)  2024-04-11T13:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"***needsaclick*** My garden is now full of Forget-me-nots. Endlessly inspiring this watercolour is from quite a few years ago now. I find them SO hard to paint though. That blue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1779024647628996650)  2024-04-13T05:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Shanthyer Not that I know of. I just searched for petal paper and thailand and managed to find some. I've not ordered any now since before the pandemic but there seem to be quite a few companies out there that do it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1780974993423102160)  2024-04-18T15:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Public_Pers I'm honestly too scared to ever put that on anything after facebook's fierce algorithms. Any hint of a re direction and they bury all your content. So thank you for doing that. xxx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1781609684845113747)  2024-04-20T09:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"New painting. Full of self doubt about it but just had to try and capture the beauty of an old laid hedge and it's beautiful horizontal branches. And oh how they make a home for nature. Not just mammals but all the birds and insects too. I love hedgerows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1784508596790743173)  2024-04-28T09:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Forgot to say words by Claude Monet. 'My wish is to stay always like this living quietly in a corner of nature.' #stopthecull #badgers #melesmeles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1784515039833031144)  2024-04-28T09:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I think this is genius. It so clearly demonstrates the disconnect between an easily bought home but no sustainable food source. We are lucky to have a [--] acre field that we do not cut. A wonderful source of insects all year round. The swallows hedgehogs and bats thrive here. #BeeHotels help wild solitary bees & wasps. Also rotten tree trunks and open sandy patches are good for them. But #pollinators also need food. So mowe less grass & leave wild areas for wild #flowers in the garden please #WorldBeeDay #bees #BZZZ https://t.co/Hm22PYzJD4 #BeeHotels help wild solitary bees & wasps. Also rotten"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1785958235029066145)  2024-05-02T09:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"These are mine doing their thing. I hope they know they have at least [--] apple trees that they need to pollinate Red Mason Bees - no sting and 25x better at pollination than honey bees"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1786314901620715542)  2024-05-03T08:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"***needsaclick**** to see it all. And a reminder to everyone of the days when we used to get milk delivered to our doorsteps and it was a race to beat the birds to the cream. Or to my mum a reminder of frozen milk bottles placed on radiators in school. 🤢"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1787038663982846377)  2024-05-05T08:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@JaneJefferies7 I did too. I don't know if was just being so young when it happened or how funny it looked. Mind you I didn't like it so much when I was doing my paper round and my toes felt a similar temperature"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1787040784337842311)  2024-05-05T08:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The clematis is out and looking stunning right now. Every year I end up doing a new painting with it. This is a close up of a bigger picture. A bit of a battle over the bird food. I think I made it too busy as it's never been very popular. But I love the movement in ❤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1789214196799782927)  2024-05-11T08:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Something new - much caffeine needed to help me with all the leaves. John Steinbeck 'I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.' And how I would like to think of all foxes. Snoozing in the warmth of Spring with Jackdaws to watch over them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1789571953818243140)  2024-05-12T08:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@JanoidLCFC This took me [--] days. Not all day every day but a lot of each day - a lot of late nights - a lot of caffeine for the leaves as I'd had a sleepless night and the leaves were the next day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1789621163817124119)  2024-05-12T11:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The wildflowers are starting to bloom. To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee One clover and a bee. And revery. The revery alone will do If bees are few. Emily Dickinson Knapweed buttercups stitchwort clover & birds foot trefoil"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1789936597422481768)  2024-05-13T08:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Hope is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all" Emily Dickinson I came a cross a Wren hunting along a fence. After she'd gone I snapped a picture of the post and there were lots of tiny spiders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1791020636988403789)  2024-05-16T08:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Have you spotted many fledglings yet My garden is full of chirping nests and the new babies are finding their way out into the garden. It's the most dangerous of times for them and boy do the parents have to work so hard. Bluetts and Fennel. From a few years ago - watercolor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1791387512012693979)  2024-05-17T08:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Rumi 'You have within you more love than you could ever understand.' Something new. I wanted to capture something with a bit of a Meditteranean feel to it. Plaster work exposed stones lots of colour yet peace too. I really hope you like it and you have a peaceful Sunday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1792112122429600075)  2024-05-19T08:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ja88045 Thank you. They did sell over the next couple of years thankfully but its always a bit demoralising when they all come back home again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1792806732445691961)  2024-05-21T06:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A male Greenfinch and a Pink Australian Robin. Just letting us know how stunning they are right from the get go. And we can decorate ourselves all we want to improve our looks but they've already nailed it. I love birds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1793193652409282919)  2024-05-22T08:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Some long thin pictures to ease your eyes in the face of everything. And a question - if you happen to know about British Politics. Are MP's still doing their MP'ing up until the election Or are they only campaigning now. I'd love to know"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1793608199549177895)  2024-05-23T11:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"*****needsaclick***** to see it all. Let us be grateful to people who make us happy they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust Some umbellifer beauty to start the weekend. And I'm off for a lovely walk to fill my lungs. #jurassiccoast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1794286821259751727)  2024-05-25T08:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The woods are lovely dark and deep But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost With foxes badgers and two wee hares in the background"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1796105282042425839)  2024-05-30T09:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"****needsaclick**** to see it all. Two foxes watching each other in the woods. An old picture but the cards remains popular. Watching you watching me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1796463006173585816)  2024-05-31T08:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A new picture of Cromer in Norfolk that I've been working on this week. The lady who owns the Garden House Gallery in Cromer asked if I'd consider using the words 'Our Happy Place' on it. I really hope you like it - I know this is a very special place to many people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1799721198261285110)  2024-06-09T08:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I have blue and red paint everywhere. All over me. Ive never quite managed to paint these in a tidy way. These are heading off to the Blue Lias Gallery in Lyme Regis this Wednesday. For now a good wash and tidy up is needed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1800233503079977218)  2024-06-10T18:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This week I've been having a 'cat' week. We've never had one so I've not been very familiar with their shapes their moves their outlines. From doing endless sketching to research them I see they like to sleep to stretch. And getting a standing picture was very rare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1802262185600594001)  2024-06-16T08:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Words by Rumi. And patterns on the cushions and sofa from Gustav Klimt. To be more precise the painting 'Adele Bloch-Bauer I' which like all of Klimt's work is utterly magical. I've wanted to incorporate it into one of my paintings for the longest time. His work is magic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1802617287708491999)  2024-06-17T08:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A huge huge thank you to everyone who attended the #restorenature march yesterday. You are all my heroes. It's creatures likes these all wild creatures all of nature that we need to think about. Without them we are nothing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1804789617578676497)  2024-06-23T08:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A new painting today. With beautiful words by John Keats. 'And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.' I really hope you like it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1809864309628907583)  2024-07-07T08:17Z [----] followers, 27.2K engagements


"Today isn't going to be the easiest of days on social media. So here is a bit of tranquility at the 'Marriage Stones' of Cape Clear Island. Love takes many shapes and forms. And it's everywhere if you just take time to see it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1812405778176754172)  2024-07-14T08:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@JanoidLCFC Im so gutted to hear about it 😔 madness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1814053493423870205)  2024-07-18T21:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@hilarityjane Are you in the UK If you are I bought my last one's from Jackson's Art Supplies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1814598934175666633)  2024-07-20T09:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Foxes in trees remain a favourite subject. Sometimes in solitude sometimes with friends. Always safe and in peace. My wish for them all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1817123121490469060)  2024-07-27T09:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Not all those who wander are lost. J R R Tolkien And sending out today a wish for peace and unity for respect and rememberance. For kindness and understanding. Unspeakable tragedy should not be a tool for those who seek to divide us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1818927907168780401)  2024-08-01T08:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Today feels a yellow kind of day. So here are some of my favourite yellow pictures. Once upon a time it was my favourite colour and still I'm always drawn to it. And I hope these prove to be a timeline cleanse for you with all the awful things happening right now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1819767385408086035)  2024-08-03T16:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I had to tell my son to take a rest from social media as I could see he was spiralling with all the awful news. I recommended he do a timeline cleanse too. In case you need one here is a close up of my dragonfly painting from last year. There is more good in this world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1820376320783622520)  2024-08-05T08:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@SeeQueenArt So very apt. These are two of my [--] the best of friends and you know heads can get heavy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1821990350782959979)  2024-08-09T19:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The espalier (apple) tree and the foxes. Finished earlier this week. Friends are the family we find along the way. I hope you like it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1822193180843925788)  2024-08-10T08:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"1 - painted pebbles - just fun to do [--] - painted on wood - I do carry them in my heart [--] - my boys being noisy - fools [--] - work in progress - Dormice - sleeping tight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1823290076798812368)  2024-08-13T09:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Louisa May Alcott 'You have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life' Watercolours on watercolour paper. And thank you to everyone who was so supportive in your comments yesterday. It meant the world to me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1823998562411200531)  2024-08-15T08:22Z [----] followers, 16.4K engagements


"@pvalentine592 Honestly it really really helps. Though Ill still be cautious in choosing a night time subject again. Oh how I wish the filter in my brain worked more efficiently. I love the night and the creatures sounds smells and very special light it brings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1824026081797484942)  2024-08-15T10:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A watercolour from a good few years ago now. Painting the top part was really enjoyable. I loved how the foxes turned out and the colours of the sun. Painting the reflections was soooo hard and made me question my sanity at even attempting it. Fun but super hard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1824361894347497801)  2024-08-16T08:25Z [----] followers, 25.3K engagements


"Foxes and Barn Owls. Illusive (here) but so much a part of my heart. This is painted in watercolours but I've used Schmincke Aqua Bronze (rich gold) for that sunshine. Have a great weekend. ☀☀☀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1824730065935962219)  2024-08-17T08:48Z [----] followers, 14.7K engagements


"Last night I put all my watercolour paints away and cleared my desk as I'm going to do some colour pencil work. This is a favourite pencil drawing from [----]. Charlotte Bront 'I ask you to pass through life at my side - to be my second self and best earthly companion.'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1825092176264442059)  2024-08-18T08:47Z [----] followers, 18.9K engagements


"@IanDenton12 I think there's a lot of people leaving at the moment. Unhappy with the things they are seeing on here. It's very easy just by looking at the wrong thing a couple of times to start to see some awful things - which is the algorithms. They think you want to see more awful stuff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1825597310275039660)  2024-08-19T18:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"And sometimes against all odds against all logic we still hope. Author unknown - sorry. Watercolours. And though it's from quite a few years ago the closest I think I've got to capturing a picture of our moon at the moment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1825814038292341019)  2024-08-20T08:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"After quite some years I got my colour pencils out and thought Id practice on one of my gorgeous donkeys. Hoping to finish him by Monday and then tackle a beautiful owl. I love my job"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1826992274821026225)  2024-08-23T14:37Z [----] followers, 11.1K engagements


"Work in progress of this most beautiful creature. Thank you @verityhill5 for letting me do this. Its a joy and Bell is incredibly beautiful ❤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1829097776111636778)  2024-08-29T10:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@JanoidLCFC @verityhill5 Gosh no. Gave a look @verityhill5 to see this and many other pictures of this beautiful girl. Im hoping to paint yesterdays photo too as this is a stunning owl ❤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1829117141892596022)  2024-08-29T11:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mrs_coyle I had a series of spam comments on one of my facebook posts. Theyd set up an account that used my profile pic and name - somehow I blocked them. It scared me. 😞"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1829413329351172339)  2024-08-30T06:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It's not over yet. 'Do not go gentle into that good night'. Dylan Thomas 'Rage rage against the dying of the light'. #stopthecull"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1829800105857130796)  2024-08-31T08:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"More night time pictures. Why do I love them Because I can show the creatures of the night. The sun may bring warmth but the moon does something for my soul. And the stars. I get to record the constellations and skies above me at the time of my paintings. Like a diary"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1830210538405597536)  2024-09-01T11:46Z [----] followers, 10.2K engagements


"A little bit of Wren love today. I'm missing their beautiful song but the Robins have stepped up and are serenading me instead. #wren Cosmos : Poppies : Bluebells : Fennel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1830888906167877832)  2024-09-03T08:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@littleramstudio Can you tell Gary that I had to have spinal surgery back in [----] - my son was a year old and I'd been in a terrible state. I had to move home for my mum to look after us though. But I went from strength to strength afterward. BAnd I'm so so grateful that they did it.x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1831002733278593051)  2024-09-03T16:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I've used so many beautiful sayings and poetry in my work but this one is really so special. How many people when they are at their lowest could do with hearing these words. Even if they reject them at the time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1832344853809680670)  2024-09-07T09:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@wildwalkercrone @BiscuitsMurphy I'm too scared of algorithms that squash your posts if you dare to mention how people can get things. It's so demoralising when no-one sees something just because you put a link in 😕"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1832352121590579430)  2024-09-07T09:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@wildwalkercrone @BiscuitsMurphy @ShabanaMir1 @substratum_ Awhhh thank you so much ♥"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1832358149245772007)  2024-09-07T10:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I love working with watercolours. And painting Wrens never gets old either ❤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1833205089198018646)  2024-09-09T18:05Z [----] followers, 13K engagements


"@mcahogarth Sorry for the delay replying. This would have been predominantly Winsor & Newton Zinc watercolour with very little water. But since then I've discovered Dr. Ph. Martin's : Bleed Proof White : 1fl. Oz (29.57ml) - it's amazing. Comes in a pot so I put a bit in the lid"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1833563656203682180)  2024-09-10T17:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A couple of Robin/autumnal watercolours today. 'Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.' Albert Camus Picture one has Schmincke Aqua Bronze for the gold. Picture two has Winsor & Newton Gold gouache. I really hope you like them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1834150111053578516)  2024-09-12T08:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Something lovely happened yesterday. Bell got to see my drawing of her after I sent her mum a print ❤ If youd like to see more of this stunning melanistic barn owl you can see her @verityhill5 and your life will get just a bit better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1834508483569270796)  2024-09-13T08:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A set of three round paintings from a few years back. Hares - I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell - Walt Whitman Fox - And you will keep me safe And you will keep me close And rain will make the flowers grow - from Les Mis Badgers (cont)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1834880632490471907)  2024-09-14T09:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"We shall find peace. We shall hear angels we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. Anton Chekhov. Near to West Bay in Dorset you can find this charming Shepherd's Hut. I like to think of it always under starry skies with foxes playing in the moonlight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1835960335464829301)  2024-09-17T08:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A look back to a little earlier this year when I threw my heart and soul into capturing cats. It's not easy when you're a confirmed dog person but after spending an evening sketching them and trying to study their shapes and moves I hope I did ok"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1836319397243195873)  2024-09-18T08:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If I can stop one Heart from breaking I shall not live in vain If I can ease one Life the Aching Or cool one Pain Or help one fainting Robin Unto his Nest again I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson Not my most popular painting by a long shot but I love it ♥🧡♥"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1836683197599437173)  2024-09-19T08:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Along with painting watercolours and drawing I paint pebbles. They are fun completed much more quickly and a little bit of light relief really. They are also lovely gifts for dear friends. I paint the lettering on with a very fine brush. The white is gouache"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1837126228504952969)  2024-09-20T13:46Z [----] followers, 19K engagements


"This week I've been painting mice and birds onto watercolour paper with some of the leaves I collected from the garden last year. And some special ones that I got from Thailand. Small original paintings that come beautifully mounted and framed. Have a lovely Sunday🪶"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1837778794146324939)  2024-09-22T08:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The final thing and some of the work that went into to it. Fox cub stitchwort and cow parsley ❤ All watercolours"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1838238853594808437)  2024-09-23T15:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Nana__Kia Thank you so much 😊"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1838283174897438750)  2024-09-23T18:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@IEyeOfTheStorm @NBPTROCKS It can be either way for me. But when the bills keep coming in and pictures haven't had any interest I go back and give them a good hard look. Sometimes I'll repaint bits sometimes add words. And sometimes paint over the words there and use new ones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1838941582445215980)  2024-09-25T14:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Rooks and deer. Rumi - 'Never lose hope my heart miracles dwell in the invisible.' From days when I felt brave enough to paint lots of night time pictures. Because after all there's so much that goes on in the night that remains a secret to us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1839226275031822817)  2024-09-26T08:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A smaller part of a bigger picture. But one that I've lost all confidence in. The horse is very like my beautiful horse Dylan who I shared [--] years of my life with. Maybe this one is meant to always stay with me. I love autumn colours"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1839583067150733502)  2024-09-27T08:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"'Lets take our hearts for a walk in the woods and listen to the magical whispers of old trees.' Author unknown With a couple of close ups as there's a lot going on in this picture and in a world where everyone is scrolling so quickly so much is missed. I hope you like it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1839946678150844836)  2024-09-28T08:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The fruits of my labour this week. I don't paint many of these each year as they take me so long. So these are this year's crop and I'm very proud of them. Foxes hares lettering gold paint. A glorious week of painting. Though many late nights"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1840307260532371728)  2024-09-29T08:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Deep peace of the running wave to you Deep peace of the flowing air to you Deep peace of the quiet earth to you Deep peace of the shining stars to you Deep peace of the gentle night to you From a Gaelic Blessing I wish there was peace for these beautiful animals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1840665211633541550)  2024-09-30T08:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Four little paintings from [----] - that period between Christmas and New Year when I'm sighing with relief that the pressure is off for a little while. I'm not impressed with all my lettering on these (dodgy spacing) but enjoyed drawing them and colouring in with gold paint"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1841032251330494613)  2024-10-01T08:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Shakespreare - 'My soul is in the sky.' And two beautiful subjects - a Thrush and Dog Roses. Both from my garden a few years ago. I drew the letters on and then coloured them in using Schmincke Aqua Bronze (which I highly recommend)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1842185197162270754)  2024-10-04T12:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Before I head off to plant my spring bulbs Ive finally finished painting these. Wooden tiles and the gold is Schmincke Aqua Bronze. Just need their ribbons now. #handpainted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1842571641672634471)  2024-10-05T14:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"National Badger Day. And my painting from earlier this year where I try to capture the beautiful way that these (and many other creatures) make their homes in the ancient hedgerows. 'My wish is to stay always like this. Living quietly in a corner of nature'. Monet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1842844140817596547)  2024-10-06T08:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I was wrapping this print up for someone yesterday and it reminded me that I'd painted this picture earlier this year. I've included a wee close up so you can see the foxes (and Jackdaws) in a bit more detail if you'd like to have a look. Painted in watercolours and with love"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1843573337298964788)  2024-10-08T08:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Companion pieces. I could take these colours and animals as stunning as this and paint endless pictures. But I stopped myself at just two. Beautiful autumn ❤🍂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1845383051901042760)  2024-10-13T08:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Long tails and Clematis. Family like the branches on a tree we all grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one. Painted in watercolours on watercolour paper"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1845743226679861686)  2024-10-14T08:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"An exciting day for me today as Chris Packham reposted one of my fox pictures. I honestly can't tell you how huge a compliment that is ❤ So here's a little watercolour of a fox called Freya who helped me so much with my art and fox pictures at the beginning. @foxguardiansuk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1846106403829649479)  2024-10-15T08:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Virginia Woolf 'She blazed. She kindled. Out of the night she burnt like a white star.' This picture went wrong twice. First I overpainted the original owl with a big silver moon. And then I had to turn some blotches of paint in stones. I loved it in the end though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1846859711141802082)  2024-10-17T10:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Hilsisme I am but I'm not using it yet. I just don't have time each day for [--] different social media. So sorry :-( Trying to post each day on here facebook and instagram. Also my donkeys on instagram x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1846860956984365228)  2024-10-17T10:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Everything in nature is about balance. And as we seem to have lost all sense of that balance these words seem more important than ever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1847190111919743345)  2024-10-18T08:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Another painting that I found really challenging. Trying to get the definition on the black horse despite it being night time. Including all his feathers. I painted all those leaves in gold. Which then hid the constellations I'd painted in the sky (fool). We live and learn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1847558151089840487)  2024-10-19T08:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A couple of real time clips this morning. I paint all my lettering with tiny brushes. I plan them first on paper then draw them on in pencil. And lastly I paint over the top. Its always the last part of any work and my favourite ❤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1848276436865421577)  2024-10-21T08:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Sdrawkcabward Thank you. If youd like to see lots of old clips you can see lots on here too: Pinterest - samcannonart 🙂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1848453434871279861)  2024-10-21T19:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Hope is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all . Emily Dickinson And these are the words I finally chose to add to the beautiful Greenfinch. Who I sadly see far to few of these days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1849729871657750968)  2024-10-25T08:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Im feeling very touchy about AI images right now. But I hope this watercolour painting and clip from my garden yesterday are a tonic for these feelings if you also feel touchy (or just plain exhausted by it all). #jennywren"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1850460113967919568)  2024-10-27T08:50Z [----] followers, 11.6K engagements


"Today is my mum's birthday. She is absolutely amazing in so many ways but here's just one of them. She took up patchwork and quilting [--] years ago. She constantly challenges herself with all the different techniques and spends months on each one. Happy Birthday mum. ❤❤❤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1850821156082778269)  2024-10-28T08:45Z [----] followers, 20K engagements


"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust. Painting some magpies is on my to do list. I have the picture formed in my head just need the time to get it onto paper. Can't wait. watercolours - not ai - never ai"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1851186967179866313)  2024-10-29T08:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A little clip of the framing and wrapping process of my wee petal paper paintings. I hope they bring lots of joy to people who get one through the post"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1851921659323691456)  2024-10-31T09:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ProtectTheWild_ I'm trying to prepare my donkeys by playing loud music around them in the hope that the loud bangs on the night of the local fireworks is to some extent drowned out by it. Last year they ran for their lives. It was awful. They don't deserve the terror"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1852427062893486128)  2024-11-01T19:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A very old painting today. My religion is very simple : My religion is kindness. Dalai Lama I don't see much kindness out there at the moment. Everyone tearing strips off one another. Everyone is apparently 'right'. It's time for kindness and a little understanding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1852648647042752744)  2024-11-02T09:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Dear America good luck today. I'll be thinking of you. And hoping love lifts you too. These words are by Hafiz. I also have a big day. Keeping my sweet donkeys safe during the fireworks display that takes place a few hundred yards from home. I can't lie that I'm very worried"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1853723518313128293)  2024-11-05T08:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@alisonblair30 I have it in my latest and most popular prints section and I think too in my small framed prints section. You can get to both those pdfs by going to http://www.samcannonart.co.uk/prints http://www.samcannonart.co.uk/prints"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1853748247774310697)  2024-11-05T10:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"John Steinbeck 'I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.' Oh how I love foxes and corvids and how their lives intertwine ❤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1854451324189843821)  2024-11-07T09:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"An attempt at a design suitable for that date that's racing towards us in December. I am 100% not a fan of Christmas (lots of grim things have happened to our family at that time). So producing artwork that fits is extra hard. But I love Stoats and thought I'd give it a go"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1855542421033001110)  2024-11-10T09:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"One of a set of four. But this is the fox and rook one. I am fascinated by all carving in stone - be it lettering sculptures or these ancient symbols. Oh to be able to (briefly) time travel to see it created"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1856992178347573691)  2024-11-14T09:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"'The nightingale has a lyre of gold The lark's is a clarion-call And the blackbird plays but a boxwood flute But I love him best of all.' William Ernest Henley Beautiful words for beautiful birds. Currently fighting each other a few feet from where I sit. ❤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1857716556836298922)  2024-11-16T09:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A couple of cropped pictures from paintings that I did last year. Ever since I was a teenager I've been fascinated by all thing Egyptian. Particularly the art the incscriptions and gods. If I have another life studying this would be my choice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1858435206593622080)  2024-11-18T09:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"'Slowly silently now the moon Walks the night in her silver shoon; This way and that she peers and sees Silver fruit upon silver trees;' Walter de la Mare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1859528204580429945)  2024-11-21T09:24Z [----] followers, 15.8K engagements


"Pictures on petal paper. A devil to paint one. But great if you like a challenge. I got it from Thailand and spent a good year trying different ways to successfully paint on it. Then different papers for different effects. I always get better after lots of failures"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1859894100583166121)  2024-11-22T09:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I've never been able to put my finger on why this painting has been popular. Just as I can't when I spend [--] hours on something and no one likes it at all. There's a magic recipe and it always eludes me. But I continue to try and grasp it. And enjoy myself in the process"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1860251717553487909)  2024-11-23T09:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The medicine here is love. A dragonfly with lots of beautiful stitchwort flowers. I can't wait for them to come back in the Spring"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1860971040949571885)  2024-11-25T08:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"On a grey November day when there's been way too much rain and snow in the past week for my liking here's a reminder of the fruits of summer. A watching fox. And the yellow hollyhocks from my garden. This took [--] weeks (off and on) to paint. All watercolours"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1861698643838849375)  2024-11-27T09:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"She is like a wildflower. Beautiful fierce and free. Author unknown. Painted in watercolours and with a reminder of tiny birds perennial sweet peas and common blue butterflies. Come back soon spring"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1862433514081100032)  2024-11-29T09:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The robin amongst the frosty teasel heads. I've another robin on my desk right now and I shall be attempting to emulate the frosty feeling of some more teasels. I love these wee birds and the company they bring me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1863155497974599828)  2024-12-01T09:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"These days I never really feature people in my work. But I can draw them. In this case it's a groom with a beautiful young horse. A colour pencil drawing from maybe [--] years ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1863568596107989292)  2024-12-02T12:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@mrs_coyle You've got an advent colour of watercolours I want an advent calendar of watercolours too. I'm so jealous"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1863918085553439085)  2024-12-03T12:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mrs_coyle What I really want is to see you using them. Preferably every day introducing that new colour Advent challenge :-)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1863919155998523396)  2024-12-03T12:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"In the bleak midwinter frosty wind made moan earth stood hard as iron water like a stone: snow had fallen snow on snow snow on snow in the bleak midwinter long ago. Christina Georgina Rossetti Colmers Hill Dorset"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1864027388490711366)  2024-12-03T19:22Z [----] followers, 34.8K engagements


"I ask you to pass through life at my sideto be my second self and best earthly companion. Charlotte Bront Jane Eyre Colour pencils on a grey mountboard. Twitter could always do with a bit more love"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1864234030046089252)  2024-12-04T09:03Z [----] followers, 16.7K engagements


"Emily Dickinson Forever is composed of nows. Watercolours on watercolour paper. From ages ago but I love these gorgeous flower heads. They are just magical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1866415836208239013)  2024-12-10T09:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It's just a small picture but got me through a miserable day of feeling really ill (full of cold). My admiration to those who have to work in physically demanding jobs when they are ill. I wrapped up warm and settled down to hours of painting. I'm sure it's healing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1868233884846244254)  2024-12-15T09:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I heard a bird sing In the dark of December. A magical thing And sweet to remember. "We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September" I heard a bird sing In the dark of December. Oliver Herford. Solstice blessings to you all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1870395517001474404)  2024-12-21T09:06Z [----] followers, 92.2K engagements


"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. From Les Miserables And words of hope on these dark winter days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1870759420000657682)  2024-12-22T09:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better. And a little fox picture from a couple of years ago with words from (I think) Albert Einstein"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1871507564753805434)  2024-12-24T10:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Apologies for repeating this so soon but it seems a lovely picture for today. The view is across the Marshwood Vale towards Colmers Hill here in this corner of Dorset where I live. The poem by Christina Rossetti from back in 1872"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1872223941709992202)  2024-12-26T10:12Z [----] followers, 29K engagements


"@mjkitten1 Yes I do have prints of this one. But I'm afraid none of Brighton. I have the Cromer ones because I sell in a gallery there. No interest from the Brighton area I'm afraid. You can find all my Cromer prints on here: http://samcannonart.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ClICK-THIS-LINK-to-see-my-Latest-and-Most-Popular-pictures-as-prints.pdf http://samcannonart.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ClICK-THIS-LINK-to-see-my-Latest-and-Most-Popular-pictures-as-prints.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1872343538643689489)  2024-12-26T18:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mjkitten1 Sorry that's such a huge link. But it's basically the 'newest/most popular' prints pdf on my prints page I put them on pdf's as there's sooooo many different ones. http://www.samcannonart.co.uk/prints http://www.samcannonart.co.uk/prints"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1872343783687479765)  2024-12-26T18:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"'Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Victor Hugo With a little close up of the hares in the second picture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1874026162739167240)  2024-12-31T09:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Every time I paint a picture it's like taking a punt. I'm going to devote 20/40 hours of my time to painting something that may never sell and I might actually end up really disliking myself. But you have to try. Do new stuff. Have a go. And occasionally I just love one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1875116596748042598)  2025-01-03T09:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"We are stars wrapped in skin. The light you are seeking has always been within. Rumi So tired today and this is what I'd like to be doing. Curled in warmth with a sun streaming onto my back"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1876559483532636293)  2025-01-07T09:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Not an eye catching start But if you can spare a minute you can see how I build up my watercolours in many layers. I hope you enjoy the process"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1878361150494024115)  2025-01-12T08:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I was absolutely blow away by the night sky last night. The constellations were all standing out so clearly. Like they were yelling at me to learn their names. I try to capture them faithfully when they appear in my paintings. But boy are they hard to learn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1878777557056958954)  2025-01-13T12:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Joyce Kilmer - Trees And I can't quite believe that I painted this [--] years ago. Where did that time go"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1882726859852620096)  2025-01-24T09:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@RachelReevesMP @SteveReedMP It doesn't have to be 'growth' at the cost of everything else. You are getting this so wrong. I realise you have inherited a terrible hand. But your message your vision - the bats and newts rhetoric Please wake up. It's madness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1884895460994736562)  2025-01-30T09:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@JanoidLCFC Its two days later and I still feel cold"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1888922486697234813)  2025-02-10T12:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Green Woodpeckers on the lawn with the Celandine starting to show through. Spring is coming. Another day another tornado of news. Oh how I wish life was more simple and just full of beautiful birds and wild flowers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1896856116619067810)  2025-03-04T09:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Good news. These two fools are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary today. And demonstrating that despite all the ups and downs of life it's worth sticking together when you've got something good. My lovely mum and dad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1902649312993063350)  2025-03-20T09:12Z [----] followers, 15.4K engagements


"Gorgeous picture of Freya the fox - reference photo from Dora @foxguardiansuk I've never quite managed to keep it within the borders that I draw. And not yet managed to get a tape to put around the edge that I get on with either. Words by Marcel Proust"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1903018446939357646)  2025-03-21T09:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"We shall meet in a place where there is no darkness. George Orwell I wonder what he'd make of our lives today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1905917817536262583)  2025-03-29T09:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Last year at this time I was so knocked out by the brilliant display of Blackthorn around our fields I decided to paint this. It wasn't easy but I loved putting the focus on these beautiful creatures and stunning blossom. Nature is a wonder"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1907347438387523733)  2025-04-02T08:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I would like to thank all the quick witted people who make me laugh. It makes the world of difference to my day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1912058479839166648)  2025-04-15T08:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A little more of my slow painting today. This time the feather on the ear of an Eagle Owl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1917165324849353075)  2025-04-29T10:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"There is a petition to end the badger cull here in the UK. It's got over 90k signatures but needs 100k to be heard in parliament. If you've got a minute to sign it and spread the message to anyone else who would be interested I'd be so grateful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1918601421961740502)  2025-05-03T09:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A couple of Puffin pictures today. 'Before you kissed me only winds of heaven Had kissed me and the tenderness of rain Now you have come how can I care for kisses Like theirs again' - Sarah Teasdale 2nd picture - 'There's a path from your heart to mine' - Rumi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1918950391208677618)  2025-05-04T08:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"These are a collection of some of my smaller paintings. I am itching to do more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1922218595376824377)  2025-05-13T09:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I really hope you like this ❤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1926563979389723042)  2025-05-25T09:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"New painted pebbles. Obviously the sun has been having an impact on me Though not today (just about to get a hot water bottle)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1927462757818904598)  2025-05-27T20:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This is the front cover of my [----] calendar. And the work in progress pics a reminder of how bloody long it took me to paint. Not the fox but those yellow Hollyhocks. A foolishly difficult choice. Hoping they arrive next week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1928049846654484740)  2025-05-29T11:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"New work. Finished last night despite a bit of a day Words by Wendel Berry. And a peace I wish for everyone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1929097767147769919)  2025-06-01T08:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Yesterday was the cover reveal day for Lias new [----] Almanac (out on 28th August). I have was honoured to be asked to illustrate it. She and the whole team have been lovely to work with. Thank you so much @lialeendertz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1932735976205328574)  2025-06-11T09:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"In this terrifying world I choose peace quiet nature love support and understanding. We all have enough to deal with day to day. Oh how I wish this was a kinder planet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1935616990602735627)  2025-06-19T08:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"With words by Keats. An updated painting from a couple of years ago. With stitchwort and kinder eyes. Sometimes I need to remember that doing something that's realistic isn't always as pleasing to the eye. I hope the kinder eyes work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SamCannonArt/status/1937435882560131179)  2025-06-24T09:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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