On March 28, 2007, UK artist Pollyanna Pickering and her daughter/manager Anna-Louise Pickering departed for Bhutan sketch and paint the rare flora and fauna of this largely undisturbed region of the Himalayas.
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Pollyanna Pickering Wins Association of Animal Artists Award
Pollyanna is honoured to have recieved the Association of Animal Artists most prestigious annual award, which was presented at the AAA Annual Dinner in aid of Freshfields Animal Rescue in Cheshire.
The Inaugural Chairman’s Award is presented to the artist who is considered to have raised the profile of animal art (not just wildlife) in the last twelve months.
The AAA was founded to offer opportunities and support to artists from around the world working in the field of wildlife and animal art. It is the friendship and genuine support that the artists give each other and the charities which the AAA supports, which is the hallmark of the Association.
Pollyanna said ‘I feel so lucky to have won this beautiful award for doing the work I love and am so passionate about.”
Pollyanna recieved a beautiful glass trophy, courtesy of Anne Corless, the Inaugural Chairman, and also a year’s subscription to ‘The Artist ’ magazines, courtesy of editor Dr Sally Bulgin (who is also the publisher of Leisure Painter magazine) and materials from Rosemary and Co Artists Brushes
Pollyanna has previously won over 30 national and International awards recognising her acheivements in both art and conservation
