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Eglise, British Wildlife Artist
To learn
more about my artwork click here
To learn
more about my photography click here
I have been working as a wildlife artist most of my life, but
this has become more of a 'professional' venture during the last few
years. During this time, I have worked on scientific journals,
temporary and permanent museum exhibitions, television programmes and
local newspapers, as well as creating many private pieces. Perhaps the
highlight of my career to date was meeting Sir
David Attenborough to show him around the gallery where I have worked and talk to him about my artwork and interest in
wildlife. I'm entirely self taught and learnt how to draw purely
from looking at the work of other wildlife artists and palaeoartists I admired
in my childhood.
I am now as interested and fascinated with
wildlife photography as I am about wildlife illustration. However,
my interest in photography only came about as a result for the need to
be able to take good quality photos to work from. I was hooked
almost immediately and now being into wildlife photography provides an
excellent excuse to get out into the British countryside and see its
wildlife. I'm
often up at 4 or 5 in the morning on weekends in order to catch the
morning sun. Being a wildlife artist and photographer provides one
of the best possible excuses for getting out into the countryside away
from the 'joys' of office life and town and city living.
I
have always had a great interest in wildlife and conservation and
capturing the lives of the world’s animals through illustration and
photography is a passion of mine. The problems facing many species in the modern
world are of great concern and I hope to stimulate an interest in
others, especially those who are not necessarily aware of the importance
to protect our wildlife and natural world. Photography and artwork
is a very valuable and effective way of engaging with the general public
about the beauty of the natural world without even the need for any
words to be spoken.
As a result of my
interest in conservation and environmental awareness, many of the
species featured in my illustrations are highly threatened in the wild.
When you view an animal in the gallery on ArtvArc, you will notice a statistic
which shows whether the animal is 'IUCN Endangered Species?'. A
description of what this means is below:
The IUCN
The International Union
for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an
organisation which works to assess and document threatened species of
animal of plant from around the world.
Organisations of many different types can access its information
and use it to find the best means of protecting wildlife and habitats.
They also publish the ‘IUCN Red List of Threatened Species’
which presently contains a database of well over 15000 separate species currently
listed as threatened.
Each of the animals
featured on Artvarc.co.uk display the IUCN status of that animal and an
approximate number of wild animals.
‘Threatened’
means the species is classified as Extinct in the Wild, Critically
Endangered, Endangered, or Vulnerable by the IUCN.
ArtvArc.co.uk
This site was created to
be clear and easy to navigate. Any information you require should
be clearly marked and simple to locate. If you do have any
concerns then please let me know using the e-mail link at the bottom of
this page. Although I have created
works for friends and colleagues over many years, these have been
because of my desire to illustrate. However, the creation
of ArtvArc.co.uk is intended to take my work to a much wider audience
and was submitted to the world wide web in 2007.
If you'd like to browse through the works
in my gallery then please click the Art Gallery button at the top of the
page.
The Kind of Work Created and What You Can Buy
The
subject work is wildlife only, both present day and prehistoric.
All pieces are created in black and white pencil and no colour prints or
originals are available. This is because I have always preferred
the more contrasting and striking effect created from black and
white. Every subject page displays whether the original is
available to buy or not. If not, this is usually because it is
currently tied-up in an exhibition or has already been sold.
Prints in a wide variety of sizes are available on every subject
featured. If you don't see the subject you want, then why not ask
for your own original to be created just for you? For further
information on ordering prints, existing originals or taking commissions please click on the
main 'Commissions' or 'How to Buy'
navigation buttons above.
Click here to view a selection of Frequently Asked
Questions about the ordering and commissions process.
A selection of customer
comments can be viewed here.
Conservation
and Research in Africa
In
2004, my first trip to Africa was to Namibia, to help with a project
conducting research into the black rhino. I returned in 2005, this
time to South Africa, and now travel to Africa every year. I am in
the process of conducting my own research into arid-adapted mammals which
began in 2007. My own favourite animals are rhinos and antelope and have
always had a love of desert environments. I particularly like to
illustrate these animals so keep those requests of unusual animals
coming in!
Send me an e-mail to enquiries@artvarc.co.uk
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