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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In May Pollyanna spent a day at Calke Abbey in Derbyshire filming a piece for inclusion in the popular BBC2 wildlife programme Nature's Calendar.
Pollyanna was filmed sketching the herds of red and fallow deer which can be found in the deer park at the abbey, and was interviewed by Sanjeeda, one of the show's regular presenters (above left) about her work, her love of painting deer and other British Wildlife and the conservation work being carried out at the abbey.
'The deer were wonderfully obliging' Pollyanna commented 'and stayed close enough for me to sketch during the filming. It is always a little bit nerve-wracking sketching front of the cameras in case something goes wrong - but luckily I managed to complete some studies before the herds of deer wandered away, or it started to rain!'
Both the sketches, and the completed paintings of deer inspired by Pollyanna's visits to the abbey will be included in Pollyanna's Christmas exhibition 'Wild About Derbyshire'.
The programme will be screened as part of the new series of the show, which will be broadcast from January 2007 - the screening schedule will be announced nearer to the date. The show is hosted by wildlife broadcaster Chris Packham, who, with Pollyanna acts as joint patron of the charity raptor Rescue.
