Congratulations to Jane Atkin
'Poise' has been accepted into the Royal West of England Autumn exhibition from October29th until mid December. 'Poise' is 28"x28" and is scraperboard. This is the fifth time Jane has had work accepted, all scraperboard.
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Cast of Emmerdale draw Winning Ticket
The prize draw helped raise almost £2,000 towards the £8,700 needed to build the Pollyanna Pickering Foundation enclosure for 14 orphaned Painted Dog pups at the N/a’an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary in Namibia . Building the enclosure will ensure the safe and secure growth and development of the pups - which would otherwise have faced certain death - and allow their re-introduction into former areas of residence such as Etosha National Park .
Painted dogs are Namibia's most endangered mammal species and continue to be widely persecuted - Only an estimated 200-250 painted dogs remain in the wild in Namibia and only 5% of their range is within protected areas. Once distributed widely across most of Africa , Also known Wild Dogs and Cape Hunting Dogs they have been persecuted by man to the edge of extinction. The best estimate is that fewer than 5,000 African wild dogs now exist in the wild, and many packs no longer have viable breeding populations.
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Tales for Conservation
Write a Story. Save Wildlife.
Young Wildlife Writers Competition
Pollyanna Pickering is honoured to have accepted the post of Global Ambassador for Australian based conservation group Wildlife Warriors, who aim to inspire people to explore, experience and appreciate the wild wonders of the earth.
Pollyanna’s first act in her new role is to launch a brand new International Writing Competition for Children. The winner will inspire a picture which will raise funds for a vital conservation project of their choice!
Entrants are invited to submit a story inspired by any of the animals or subjects helped by Wildlife Warrior’s conservation partners– snow leopards, cheetahs or any other wild cat – or North American wildlife including bears raccoons and wolves. Entries up to 1,000 words are invited from anywhere in the world in three age groups : 8 and under, 9 - 13, and 14 – 18
Entry is free.
Work can be either fiction or factual, and must be submitted before the closing date of 31st December 2011. Winners will be announced on the 30th January.
Full entry details and information about the conservation partners can be found on the website www.pollyannapickering.co.uk
Please encourage the children in your life to pick up their pens and write a story to save wildlife!
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Congratulations to José Projecto whose paintings have been chosen for an issue of stamps in Portugal
It is an initiative of the Portuguese Committee for the International Year of Forests (IAF), which results from a close partnership between the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries and CTT - Correios de Portugal.
Enrolled in the official program of the IAF and the 2011 celebrations of Europe Day, the philatelic issue "EUROPA 2011 - Forest" consists of three stamps of € 0.68 and three blocks in the face of € 1.36 each, valid for Continental Portugal , Azores and Madeira.
The artistic intervention of Joseph Projecto is the design having been in charge of Acacio Santos
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Congratulations to Mike Hughes whose paintings
'Little Owls in an Ancient Olive' and 'Dusk on the Spanish Plains' are in this years
'Artists for Conservation' exhibition.
'Dusk on the Spanish Plains' by Mike Hughes
'Little Owls in an Ancient Olive' by Mike Hughes
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Congratulations to Carl Thompson whose painting 'Catch of the Day' has been shortlisted for this years BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year.
'Catch of the Day' by Carl Thompson
You may recognise the image which is the Puffin painting used on the front of this years
TWASI Exhibtion Invitations
All shortlisted work will be juried on 25th May. Good luck Carl!
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TWASI member Chris Wright's
print of his drawing of Titus the mountain gorilla was auctioned at the recent Hope 4 Apes fundraiser at the Lyceum, hosted by Sir David Attenborough.
Chris was delighted that it was the best-selling lot of the night, raising funds for ape conservation projects
Chris Wright pictured with Sir David Attenborough ..
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. Titus the Mountain Gorilla Print by Chris Wright
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Martin Rumary was delighted that one of his paintings 'A Pair of Jays' has been chosen
as the image for this years National Exhibition of Wildlife Art (NEWA) exhibition poster.
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A portfolio of images by Vic Sharratt has been selected for use in all the public areas of the World famous GOVENORS' CAMP in Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve.
Located in the Northwest of the reserve on the Mara River, Governors Camp is the preffered stop over for Jonathan Scott and his crew during the annual filming of BIG CAT DIARY.
Part of the Portfolio is shown below
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Congratulations to Twasi Member Alex Underdown
whose picture entitled ' Amur Leopard' has been accepted for The Artists For Conservation online exhibition which goes live on the 29th October along with 8 other Artists from the UK
'Amur Leopard' by Alex Underdown
This painting and other original works by Alex Underdown are on display at The Heron Art Gallery
Twasi member Pollyanna Pickering also had her work selected |
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| Graham Norton Picks a Winner for Polllyanna
The winning ticket in the Pollyanna Pickering Foundation 2010 Prize draw has been drawn by comedian and television presenter Graham Norton (pictured left with Pollyanna) . The lucky winner, Mr Wright of Derbyshire has been presented with an original painting of a tiger and cub.
Pollyanna Pickering with Graham Norton
Familiar to most people as the host of his BBC1 chat show, and programmes including Strictly Dance Fever and How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? Graham Norton is in fact also a keen wildlife lover and conservationist, and he was happy to give up his time to join Pollyanna to draw the winning ticket.
Two years ago, Graham travelled to the remote Ethiopian Highlands in search of the Ethiopian Wolf, for a ‘Saving Planet Earth' documentary. The two made contact after Pollyanna travelled to the same area a year later, the first ever wildlife artist to visit this region to paint the wolves. Both Graham and Pollyanna worked with Claudio Sillero and the team from the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme , which targets the greatest threats to the survival of Ethiopian wolves and their habitat. The Ethiopian wolf is world's most endangered carnivore. Only 500 of the wolves remain, and these are at risk of extinction due to canine diseases.
The £1521.00 raised by the prize draw has been added to the percentage of sales from Pollyanna's Summer Exhibition to provide £5,200.00 to fund the rescue of an Asiatic Moonbear from a bile farm in Vietnam . Visitors to Pollyanna's forthcoming exhibition in November will again have the opportunity to buy a prize draw ticket to win an original painting. |
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Jane Holford-Atkin's picture 'Ducklings' has been accepted for the UKCPS Annual Exhibition
at Stamford Arts centre, 27 St Mary's
Street, Stamford, LINCS PE9 2DL
14th September to 1st October
'Ducklings' by Jane Holford-Atkin |
Congratulations to Bev Lewis who was was thrilled to have won a 'Highly Commended' award for her Silverback titled 'Rainforest Dreamin' at the UK Coloured Pencil Society's 2010 Annual Exhibition at Stamford. The standard was very high this year with some stunning pictures on display. All are done using only coloured pencils, no other medium is permitted.
'Rainforest Dreamin' by Bev Lewis |
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Congratulations to Lesley Connolly who has won the Amateur Category of the Wildscape Wildlife artist of the year competition 2010.
The judges comments were that 'Scavengers' was one of those pieces that has that feel-good factor. The characteristics of the gulls is well illustrated with various poses and the action and re-action between the members of the group.
In particular the judges liked the gull in the foreground that appears to be looking at the viewer with a 'Keep out of this' look in its eye!
'Scavengers' by Lesley Connolly |
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Congratulations to Carl Thompson who's Robin painting 'Morning Song' (below) has been used as one of the NEWA feature images in the July issue of
'Country & Border Life' magazine
Congratulations to Chris Wright, who was a finalist out of hundreds of entries for the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year 2010 Competition.
His work 'BranchingOut' was Highly Commended.
Chris Wright pictured above at the DSWAY 2010 award ceremony
'Branching Out' by Chris Wright
Finalist in the David Shepherd WAY 2010 Competition
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'Siberian Tigress Portrait'
Congratulations to Clive Meredith for having two of his images (above and below) shortlisted out of hundreds of entries for the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year 2010 Competition
The exhibition of finalists runs from
24th - 29th May 2010
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'TheChase' Territorial Avocet |
Congratulations to Clive Meredith who has won the Wildscape Wildlife artist of the year competition 2010.
Clive said that he had not received any notification and was informed of his success by a member of his workshop group who presented him with a copy of wildscape,a lovely surprise and great start to his day.
The winning image above entitled ‘The Egret pool'
Congratulations to Chris Hindley who has had 3 pieces of his work shortlisted for the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year 2010 award.
'Courting Merganser'
Chris will be exhibiting several woodcarvings at this years TWASI Annual Art Exhibiton at Nature in Art, Gloucestershire at the beginning of June.
'Great Crested Grebe'
Congratulations to Jane Holford Atkin who
was runner up in the British Birds category of BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year for her picture 'Cygnet'
Judges comments were,'it's almost luminous and the down on the breast beautifully executed'
'Cygnet' by Jane Holford Atkin
Congratulations again to Jane Holford Atkin
who was awarded Best newcomer to coloured pencil by Leisure Painter magazine.
Jane will feature in the August edition
'Sleepy Fox' by Jane Holford Atkin |
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Celebrity launch for Pollyanna's Prize Draw
(Christopher Casanove, Liza Goddard)
Three Famous faces from stage and screen visited Pollyanna to lend their support to the Pollyanna Pickering Foundation's first fundraising campaign of 2010.
Actor Christopher Cazenove visited Pollyanna's gallery to attend the launch event just weeks before his sad death earlier this month. Best known for his roles in Dynasty and the Duchess of Duke Street, he very kindly gave his support to the campaign during what would be his last visit to Derbyshire.
He was joined at the event by popular actress Liza Goddard and Jack Ellis - best known for his portrayal of villainous prison warder Jim Fenner in the television series Bad Girls and as Coronation Street 's Harry Mason - to officially launch the annual prize draw.
They are pictured above with Pollyanna, and her original painting of a tiger cub ‘ A Very Safe Place ' which will be the first prize. The painting has been valued at over £3,000. The money raised from the prize draw will finance the rescue of an Asiatic Moon Bear from the cruel ‘Bile Bear' trade to a sanctuary in Vietnam .
Tickets for the prize draw for the original painting will be available at all of Pollyanna's talks during the Spring season and at the Beyond the Great Wall exhibition, (19 th June – 4 th July in Pollyanna's gallery near Matlock – 0162955851 for details) or can be purchased online at www.pollyannapickering.co.uk The tickets cost £1.00 each, and the winning ticket will be drawn on the 17th July 2010.
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Read Wildlife artist John Horton's article in 'Worcestershire Now'
'Everyone Loves John Hortons Eyes |
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New member Eleanor Ludgate's recent exhibition of paintings of Dartmoor's butterflies was featured in an article on the BBC website.............Read article here
BIRDS
at Home & Away
A new book by TWASI member Martin Rumary
An illustrated book with over 40 pictures from Martin's paintings
Mouse over image above to see larger size |
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Congratulations to José Projecto whose paintings have been chosen for an issue of stamps in Portugal
It is an initiative of the Portuguese Committee for the International Year of Forests (IAF), which results from a close partnership between the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries and CTT - Correios de Portugal.
Enrolled in the official program of the IAF and the 2011 celebrations of Europe Day, the philatelic issue "EUROPA 2011 - Forest" consists of three stamps of € 0.68 and three blocks in the face of € 1.36 each, valid for Continental Portugal , Azores and Madeira.
The artistic intervention of Joseph Projecto is the design having been in charge of Acacio Santos see the article and images here |
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Congratulations to Mike Hughes whose paintings
'Little Owls in an Ancient Olive' and 'Dusk on the Spanish Plains' are in this years
'Artists for Conservation' exhibition.
'Dusk on the Spanish Plains' by Mike Hughes
'Little Owls in an Ancient Olive' by Mike Hughes |
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Congratulations to Carl Thompson whose painting 'Catch of the Day' has been shortlisted for this years BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year.
'Catch of the Day' by Carl Thompson
You may recognise the image which is the Puffin painting used on the front of this years
TWASI Exhibtion Invitations
All shortlisted work will be juried on 25th May. Good luck Carl!
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| TWASI member Chris Wright's
print of his drawing of Titus the mountain gorilla was auctioned at the recent Hope 4 Apes fundraiser at the Lyceum, hosted by Sir David Attenborough.
Chris was delighted that it was the best-selling lot of the night, raising funds for ape conservation projects
Chris Wright pictured with Sir David Attenborough ..
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. Titus the Mountain Gorilla Print by Chris Wright
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Martin Rumary was delighted that one of his paintings 'A Pair of Jays' has been chosen
as the image for this years National Exhibition of Wildlife Art (NEWA) exhibition poster.
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A portfolio of images by Vic Sharratt has been selected for use in all the public areas of the World famous GOVENORS' CAMP in Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve.
Located in the Northwest of the reserve on the Mara River, Governors Camp is the preffered stop over for Jonathan Scott and his crew during the annual filming of BIG CAT DIARY.
Part of the Portfolio is shown below
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Congratulations to Twasi Member Alex Underdown
whose picture entitled ' Amur Leopard' has been accepted for The Artists For Conservation online exhibition which goes live on the 29th October along with 8 other Artists from the UK
'Amur Leopard' by Alex Underdown
This painting and other original works by Alex Underdown are on display at The Heron Art Gallery
Twasi member Pollyanna Pickering also had her work selected |
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| Graham Norton Picks a Winner for Polllyanna
The winning ticket in the Pollyanna Pickering Foundation 2010 Prize draw has been drawn by comedian and television presenter Graham Norton (pictured left with Pollyanna) . The lucky winner, Mr Wright of Derbyshire has been presented with an original painting of a tiger and cub.
Pollyanna Pickering with Graham Norton Familiar to most people as the host of his BBC1 chat show, and programmes including Strictly Dance Fever and How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? Graham Norton is in fact also a keen wildlife lover and conservationist, and he was happy to give up his time to join Pollyanna to draw the winning ticket.
Two years ago, Graham travelled to the remote Ethiopian Highlands in search of the Ethiopian Wolf, for a ‘Saving Planet Earth' documentary. The two made contact after Pollyanna travelled to the same area a year later, the first ever wildlife artist to visit this region to paint the wolves. Both Graham and Pollyanna worked with Claudio Sillero and the team from the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme , which targets the greatest threats to the survival of Ethiopian wolves and their habitat. The Ethiopian wolf is world's most endangered carnivore. Only 500 of the wolves remain, and these are at risk of extinction due to canine diseases.
The £1521.00 raised by the prize draw has been added to the percentage of sales from Pollyanna's Summer Exhibition to provide £5,200.00 to fund the rescue of an Asiatic Moonbear from a bile farm in Vietnam . Visitors to Pollyanna's forthcoming exhibition in November will again have the opportunity to buy a prize draw ticket to win an original painting. |
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Jane Holford-Atkin's picture 'Ducklings' has been accepted for the UKCPS Annual Exhibition
at Stamford Arts centre, 27 St Mary's
Street, Stamford, LINCS PE9 2DL
14th September to 1st October
'Ducklings' by Jane Holford-Atkin |
Congratulations to Bev Lewis who was was thrilled to have won a 'Highly Commended' award for her Silverback titled 'Rainforest Dreamin' at the UK Coloured Pencil Society's 2010 Annual Exhibition at Stamford. The standard was very high this year with some stunning pictures on display. All are done using only coloured pencils, no other medium is permitted.
'Rainforest Dreamin' by Bev Lewis |
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Congratulations to Lesley Connolly who has won the Amateur Category of the Wildscape Wildlife artist of the year competition 2010.
The judges comments were that 'Scavengers' was one of those pieces that has that feel-good factor. The characteristics of the gulls is well illustrated with various poses and the action and re-action between the members of the group.
In particular the judges liked the gull in the foreground that appears to be looking at the viewer with a 'Keep out of this' look in its eye!
'Scavengers' by Lesley Connolly |
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Congratulations to Carl Thompson who's Robin painting 'Morning Song' (below) has been used as one of the NEWA feature images in the July issue of
'Country & Border Life' magazine
Congratulations to Chris Wright, who was a finalist out of hundreds of entries for the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year 2010 Competition.
His work 'BranchingOut' was Highly Commended.
Chris Wright pictured above at the DSWAY 2010 award ceremony
'Branching Out' by Chris Wright
Finalist in the David Shepherd WAY 2010 Competition
'Siberian Tigress Portrait'
Congratulations to Clive Meredith for having two of his images (above and below) shortlisted out of hundreds of entries for the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year 2010 Competition
The exhibition of finalists runs from
24th - 29th May 2010
'TheChase' Territorial Avocet |
Congratulations to Clive Meredith who has won the Wildscape Wildlife artist of the year competition 2010.
Clive said that he had not received any notification and was informed of his success by a member of his workshop group who presented him with a copy of wildscape,a lovely surprise and great start to his day.
The winning image above entitled ‘The Egret pool'
Congratulations to Chris Hindley who has had 3 pieces of his work shortlisted for the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year 2010 award.
'Courting Merganser' Chris will be exhibiting several woodcarvings at this years TWASI Annual Art Exhibiton at Nature in Art, Gloucestershire at the beginning of June.
'Great Crested Grebe'
Congratulations to Jane Holford Atkin who
was runner up in the British Birds category of BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year for her picture 'Cygnet'
Judges comments were,'it's almost luminous and the down on the breast beautifully executed'
'Cygnet' by Jane Holford Atkin
Congratulations again to Jane Holford Atkin
who was awarded Best newcomer to coloured pencil by Leisure Painter magazine.
Jane will feature in the August edition
'Sleepy Fox' by Jane Holford Atkin |
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Celebrity launch for Pollyanna's Prize Draw
(Christopher Casanove, Liza Goddard)
Three Famous faces from stage and screen visited Pollyanna to lend their support to the Pollyanna Pickering Foundation's first fundraising campaign of 2010.
Actor Christopher Cazenove visited Pollyanna's gallery to attend the launch event just weeks before his sad death earlier this month. Best known for his roles in Dynasty and the Duchess of Duke Street, he very kindly gave his support to the campaign during what would be his last visit to Derbyshire.
He was joined at the event by popular actress Liza Goddard and Jack Ellis - best known for his portrayal of villainous prison warder Jim Fenner in the television series Bad Girls and as Coronation Street 's Harry Mason - to officially launch the annual prize draw.
They are pictured above with Pollyanna, and her original painting of a tiger cub ‘ A Very Safe Place ' which will be the first prize. The painting has been valued at over £3,000. The money raised from the prize draw will finance the rescue of an Asiatic Moon Bear from the cruel ‘Bile Bear' trade to a sanctuary in Vietnam . Tickets for the prize draw for the original painting will be available at all of Pollyanna's talks during the Spring season and at the Beyond the Great Wall exhibition, (19 th June – 4 th July in Pollyanna's gallery near Matlock – 0162955851 for details) or can be purchased online at www.pollyannapickering.co.uk The tickets cost £1.00 each, and the winning ticket will be drawn on the 17th July 2010. |
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Read Wildlife artist John Horton's article in 'Worcestershire Now'
'Everyone Loves John Hortons Eyes |
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New member Eleanor Ludgate's recent exhibition of paintings of Dartmoor's butterflies was featured in an article on the BBC website.............Read article here
BIRDS
at Home & Away
A new book by TWASI member Martin Rumary
An illustrated book with over 40 pictures from Martin's paintings
Mouse over image above to see larger size |
