中文简介：

本书首次收集了艺术家马克·海尔德（Mark Hearld）的迷人艺术，他从英国乡村的动植物中发现了灵感：一只蓝眼睛的松鸦栖息在橡树枝上；两只野兔在享用分配的战利品；一只沉默的天鹅站在冰冷的水边；一只光滑的红狐狸在田野里游荡。

海尔德欣赏20世纪的艺术家，如爱德华·鲍登、约翰·派博、埃里克·拉维利乌斯和伊妮德·马克思，并且像他们一样，选择了一系列的媒介——绘画、印刷、拼贴、纺织品和陶瓷。这些作品被归类为与自然相关的主题，书中还讲述了一些创作背后的故事并讨论了这些经历对他的影响。他阐述了对拼贴画的特殊热爱，他喜欢拼贴画的图形质量和强大的构图潜力。艺术史学家西蒙·马丁（Simon Martin）在书中讲述了海尔德在英国流行艺术传统中的地位，并在海尔德像博物馆一样的家中与他会面，探讨这位艺术家对收藏物品的热情，他的工作方法，以及他像孩子一样观察自然世界奇观的惊人能力。

英文简介：

The new compact hardback edition of the bestselling Mark Hearld's Work Book, the first collection of the artist's beguiling art. Mark Hearld finds his inspiration in the flora and fauna of the British countryside: a blue-eyed jay perched on an oak branch; two hares enjoying the spoils of an allotment; a mute swan standing at the frozen water's edge; and a sleek red fox prowling the fields.

Hearld admires such twentieth-century artists as Edward Bawden, John Piper, Eric Ravilious and Enid Marx, and, like them, he chooses to work in a range of media - paint, print, collage, textiles and ceramics. The works are grouped into nature-related themes introduced by Hearld, who narrates the story behind some of his creations and discusses his influences. He explains his particular love of collage, which he favours for its graphic quality and potential for strong composition. Art historian Simon Martin contributes an essay on Hearld's place in the English popular-art tradition, and also meets Hearld in his museum-like home to explore the artist's passion for collecting objects, his working methods and his startling ability to view the wonders of the natural world as if through a child's eyes.