GOOGLE IMAGES SEARCH

Google's website starts here: http://www.google.com/   Click the top images tab. Type in "Stephen Gayford"   Here is an example result as a cropped image:         The Osborne and Allen website is mentioned on the UK Freeview and Sky Digital TV Channels as a guide to start prices and framing prices before prices drop! These limited editions are sold with different frames, they are signed by Stephen Gayford and may have an extra small image of the animal's face as well.   Other websites feature Stephen Gayford's artwork. There may be the original paintings or the prints sold on Ebay auctions or as mini collections... Some of the Shopping TV customers have dozens! I particularly like the canvas frames which work out about £20 extra than the print prices that I've seen.   Google also offers a selection of image sizes eg extra large, large, medium and I've also seen a good face search option which is useful for celeb searches. Other search engines may help track down an image for you if you already know the title, otherwise try to identify which animal it is about to refine the searches... When you find good Gayford sites, save them as soon as you can eg as complete webpages or Favourites!     Denis Martindale, September 2009.

SUNSET

The cheetah rested, there to stay,
So statuesque and still...
Just gently taking in the day...
To mellow and to chill.
Life isn't always running round,
All frantic, to and fro...
Sometimes it's settling on the ground
Or simply walking slow.
Sunset would soon be here once more...
The daylight dimmed to black.
The moonlight shining to restore
The golden glow we lack...
The cheetah watched the changing pace
The cooling breeze must bring,
Before each midnight from deep space
God's stars start sparkle-ing...
Staring skyward, the cheetah knew
The future that must be...
It doesn't matter what we do,
Each sunset sets us free...
Yes, some will sleep while others wake,
Yet each lives for a time...
Till something comes our lives to take...
Yet life goes on sublime...
Our children face the future fields
And they will question why
Another crop each grows and yields
And never seems to die...
The cheetah rested patiently...
Appointments he had none...
He only felt tranquillity
Beneath the gentle sun...

Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2009.

My Poetry website: http://poem.says.it

The poem is based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'Sunset'.
Shared on
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sunset-85/

The Gayford poems can be viewed here:
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems or
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems2
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com

The framed pictures are bought from these UK websites:
http://www.bid.tv (on UK Freeview)
http://www.price-drop.tv (on UK Freeview)
http://www.speedauction.tv

"ENIGMATIC" READ OUT ON PRICE-DROP TV

During the September 2009 £1 Megadrop Madness Weekends,
my Stephen Gayford wildlife poem, "Enigmatic" was
read out to the UK Freeview viewers on price-drop tv.
Amazingly, the wildlife picture was sold for just £1...

Here is a reminder of the poem which I added in August.

http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com/2009/08/enigmatic.html

ENIGMATIC

The leopard lingered all alone,
At rest for all to see.
With curled-up tail, in mid-air zone,
That stayed there playfully.
Sometimes a leopard finds a spot
Where all seems quite serene...
A wistful part he likes a lot,
To melt into that scene...
Thus time itself slowed down as well,
Life settled to a pause...
In fact, there was no way to tell,
Except the sun, of course.
You see, the sun is prone to move
Across the pale blue sky...
As if it had something to prove,
Yet leopards know not why...
This leopard knew that sleep was near,
He felt it in his bones.
He sensed the sun would disappear,
Replaced by darkened tones.
Then shadows bring old dangers back
And predators that pounce...
When hunters prowl in midnight black,
Survival's all that counts.
For now, the sunshine was his friend...
If he stayed here, static...
That's why his mood was confident,
Cool and enigmatic...
Sunbathers know the peaceful glow
The sun was meant to share.
Why not let go? Just take things slow...
Forsaking every care...

Denis Martindale, copyright, August 2009.

The poem is based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'Enigmatic'.

SEPTEMBER 2009 POEM UPDATE!

THE POEM WAS READ OUT ON PRICE-DROP TV,
SO MAYBE THOUSANDS OR EVEN MILLIONS OF THE UK
£1 MEGADROP MADNESS VIEWERS HEARD MY POEM!
YES! THE STEPHEN GAYFORD PICTURE WAS SOLD FOR £1.

My Poetry website is http://poem.says.it

The poem has been shared on
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/enigmatic-2/

The Gayford poems can be viewed here:
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems2
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com

The framed pictures are bought from these websites:
http://www.bid.tv (on UK Freeview)
http://www.price-drop.tv (on UK Freeview)
http://www.speedauction.tv

STEPHEN GAYFORD PICTURE SEARCHES

You can easily check the Stephen Gayford
picture prints on the Sit-Up TV Channels:

For bid.tv on UK Freeview and Sky, etc:

http://tinyurl.com/gayfordb

For price-drop.tv on Freeview and Sky, etc:

http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpd

For speeadauction.tv on Sky, etc:

http://tinyurl.com/gayfordsa

There is either a graphic for a website or a tv deal.

Compare all 3 websites for current prices and if
they are cheaper than the same item on TV right now!
You could save a fiver or a tenner or even more!

Prices depend on customer demand, time of day or if
the channel's struggling to keep on time, as that's
when prices can really drop! Especially for the more
expensive canvas prints with their fancy gold frames!

Check the times of each auction on each channel as
you may have missed out on a previous favourite...

The website images don't do justice to the TV show
close-ups which prove how detailed the prints are.

Websites:

http://www.bid.tv
http://www.price-drop.tv
http://www.speedauction.tv

RAINFOREST PHANTOMS

The leopards listen to each noise
Of their surrounding sounds...
On steadfast feet they gently poise,
Resisting fearful bounds.
Perhaps it isn't time to run,
Like cowards fearing pain,
Or just like girls who love the sun,
Yet flee from falling rain...
The leopards like the spot they've seen,
It suits them to a tee...
They'll stay till others intervene,
Like phantoms on their tree...
The forest has its moody times,
Its fierce and frantic days,
Its pleasant passing sunny climes
And melting dew-dropped phase...
The sun shines through the trees above,
The clouds go gliding by...
And soon the moon will shine with love,
To grace the midnight sky...
The leopards lack for nothing now,
Two friends in harmony...
Receiving what the Fates allow,
Like phantoms, fancy free...

Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2009.

My Poetry website: http://poem.says.it

The poem is based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'Rainforest Phantoms'.
Shared on
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/rainforest-phantoms/
Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/rainforestphantoms

The Gayford poems can be viewed here:
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems or
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems2
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com

The framed pictures are bought from these UK websites:
http://www.bid.tv (on UK Freeview)
http://www.price-drop.tv (on UK Freeview)
http://www.speedauction.tv

EYE OF THE LEOPARD

Determination serves him well,
Tenacity and truth...
The leopard knows life's weary spell!
He's felt it from his youth.
He must not sleep! His eye must see!
There's danger all around!
This is the price of living free,
Undaunted and unbound.
The leopard loiters, sniffs the air,
His eye looks left and right...
Of every movement he's aware
Through instincts and insight...
Each day's the same, if he survives,
To tread the earth alone,
To hunt in search of other lives,
Because that's all he's known...
His hunger drives him on and on...
Relentless, still, of course...
He hunts until the hunger's gone,
Then feeds without remorse.
His eye has seen so many things
That swim and crawl and fly...
Above him now, a pair of wings
That glide across the sky!
The leopard sighs with envy at
The bird beyond his reach!
If he had wings, he'd make him scat!
What tricks that bird he'd teach!
The leopard looks, then walks his way,
Towards survival's end...
So he can hunt another day,
Unloved, without a friend...

　
Denis Martindale, copyright, August 2009.

My Poetry website: http://poem.says.it

The poem is based on the National Geographic
Wild HD details received from Sky Digital for
the September 2009 programme called
'Eye Of The Leopard'. Fully featured on pages
20 and 21 of the September 2009 Sky Magazine!
　
　
Shared on
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/eye-of-the-leopard/
Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/eyeoftheleopard

The Gayford poems can be viewed here:
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems or
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems2
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com
　
The framed pictures are bought from these
UK websites:
http://www.bid.tv (on UK Freeview)
http://www.price-drop.tv (on UK Freeview)
http://www.speedauction.tv
　

CONTENTMENT

The lioness paused and sighed and stayed,
Her hothead cubs in tow,
For now, they stopped, the cubs obeyed
And they were lying low.
The sun still laboured in the sky,
The day went gently on...
They stared and watched the circle fly
So calmly as it shone.
How could they know its flames of fire?
Its furies far away?
Its spurting streams ascending higher?
Its passions night and day?
To them, the sun was like an eye
That witnessed good and bad...
And punished them and made them fry
And thirst till they went mad...
Yet mercy fell from Heaven, too...
Like raindrops and like tears...
And new days came with morning dew...
That melted all their fears...
And so, by faith, contentment flowed
As long as rivers lived...
To such as these their lives were owed
And life is no small gift...
The waters helped the trees stand tall,
Reach out and offer shade...
The lioness observed it all...
The way such things were made...
Yet only we can give God praise
For all that He has done...
Contentment comes... Contentment stays...
When wisdom's work is done...

Denis Martindale, copyright, August 2009.

My Poetry website: http://poem.says.it

The poem is based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'Contentment'.
Shared on
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/contentment-25/

The Gayford poems can be viewed here:
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems or
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems2
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com

The framed pictures are bought from these UK websites:
http://www.bid.tv (on UK Freeview)
http://www.price-drop.tv (on UK Freeview)
http://www.speedauction.tv