Adele Pound Art
Paper
Adele is a wildlife artist and keen birdwatcher based in County Down. She creates drawings, paintings, digital art, graphic stories and paper art, all with a wildlife theme.
Gallery
Bio
Adele studied fine art, painting at Winchester School of Art where she dismayed her tutors by insisting on painting wildlife. The inspiration for all her work is the natural world. Central to this is her ongoing practice of drawing from life. Whether making field trips to Strangford Lough to draw wintering birds through a telescope or clipping magnifiers to her glasses to study insects in her garden, she still insists on drawing wildlife.
Adele has been has been supported with awards and bursaries from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Ards and North Down Borough Council and the Society of Wildlife Artists. She has taken part in numerous artist’s residencies. Many of these have been wildlife focussed, such as the John Busby Seabird Drawing course and the Ayatana Research Residency “Parliament of Owls” in Quebec, Canada. She has recently been elected an Associate member of the Society of Wildlife Artists.
It is this careful study, observation and research that enables Adele to design her paper art creations. Immediately recognisable species are depicted through the use of simple shapes and colours. She always strives to conjure up an elegant solution to the problems that arise during each design creation. Each design is a learning process that expands Adele’s self taught paper engineering skills, and reveals new ideas and possibilities for the next design.
- Events
- Commissions / Workshops / Private bookings
Late Night Art Bangor
Thursday 30 July 2026 6pm – 9pm
Don’t miss Late Night Art July! Booms Eco Team will be taking over Boom 1 and 2. There will be an eco themed exhibition, info stalls and more!
https://www.boomstudios.org.uk/news/eco-takeover-lnab-july
Paper Bird Workshop and Ards Ards Centre
Tuesday 4th August 2026 11am – 1pm
Following instructions and demonstrations, you will learn simple paper cutting and folding techniques in order to cut and assemble a pair of paper sparrow decorations.
https://www.ticketsource.com/andculture/creative-peninsula-2026-make-a-pair-of-paper-birds-with-adele-pound/e-ljxbyz
Creative Peninsula Twilight Market and Arts Night
Friday 7th August 3 – 8pm
I’ll be in Conway square with my stall for the Twilight market, with other Creative Peninsula artists and makers who will be exhibiting, demonstrating, and selling their unique hand-crafted products in Conway Square for one-night only.
https://creativepeninsula.andculture.org.uk/whats-on/creative-peninsula-twilight-market-and-arts-night
Summer Art and craft Festival at Castle Espie
Saturday 15th and Sunday 16 August 2026 10am – 4pm
Join us for the North Down Craft Collective Summer Festival, a vibrant two-day celebration of creativity taking place on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th August 2026 at WWT Castle Espie.
https://northdowncraftcollective.com/event/summer-craft-festival/
Paper Bird Workshop at Castle Espie
Sunday 16 August 10am -12.30pm
I will be delivering a paper bird workshop at the North Down Craft Collectives Summer Festival. We will make Blue Tits and Great Tits.
https://northdowncraftcollective.com/event/paper-bird-making-with-adele-pound/
Paper Dragonflies at Castle Espie
Saturday 22 August 10am – 2pm
Boom Studios are patnering with Castle Espie,s Summer Dragonfly Festival to deliver dragonfly themed crafts. I will be there on 22 August with a pile of paper dragonflies for you to drop in and Make
https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/castle-espie/whats-on/events/dragonfly-crafts-with-boom-studios-1