Pollyanna Pickering - Painter of the Living World©...................................Pollyanna Pickering Studio

Pollyanna is acclaimed as one of Europe's foremost wildlife artists. The most published artist in the UK, her work sellls in over eighty countries world wide. She is patron of the Wildlife Art Society International, and the University of Derby recently awarded her an honorary degree in recognition of her outstanding achievement in the arts. A familiar face on TV, the most recent documentary about her work Made in England was brodcast on BBC1 last year.

Her paintings will be familiar to most people from her extensive ranges of fine art prints and cards, many commissioned by charities including the WWF, Guide Dogs for the Blind and the RSPB. Pollyanna designs exclusive gift ware for Harrods, and has painted postage stamps for African Countries, and first day covers for the Royal Mail.

Pollyanna's determination to paint only animals which she has observed in their natural habitats has lead her into a remarkable and unique series of expeditions into some of the most inhospitable areas of the globe. She is accompanied on her journeys by her daughter and business partner Anna-Louise who also writes the text and contributes the photography to the books.

For fifteen years Pollyanna ran a registered hospital for birds of prey from her home. Caring mainly for injured and orphaned raptors, she also rehabilitated foxes, hedgehogs, squirrels and other mammals, all of which feature in her work. This close contact with the creatures in her care is reflected in the realism and vitality of her work.

The Pollyanna Pickering Foundation raises funds for world-wide conservation, animal welfare and disaster relief. Pollyanna continues in her support of other charities. She acts as patron of several organisations including The Badger Trust, Raptor Rescue, Cats in Need, Naturewatch, the Gamelea Countryside Training Trust, and FABLE who raise funds for epilepsy sufferers. Pollyanna is a trustee of the Irish African/Asian Conservation Trust, and acts as UK ambassador for the South African De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Trust.

Pollyanna continues to receive awards and accolades for her paintings, including the Silver Palette Trophy and the Millennium Trophy bestowed by the Wildlife Art Society International who have also awarded her two Gold Medals. In 2004 she was awarded a coveted first prize in the Wildlife Artist of the Year Awards, and in 2007 won the first National Wildscape Masterclass Challenge. In 2006 the Artists for Conservation Foundation honoured her with their prestigeous Conservation Artist Award.

However in recent years she has also been recognised for her remarkable accomplishments in both business and conservation.The International Fund for Animal Welfare named her Animal Conservation Fund-raiser of the Year, honouring her with an award at a special presentation at the House of Lords. She has received a commendation for her work in Arts and Media at the European Women of Achievment Awards and won the Hera award at at the prestigious NatWest everywoman Awards which celebrate the achievements of women in business. In 2006 she was awarded the Department of Trade and Investment's Women in Business Achievement Award. and the following year receieved one of the first Excellence in the Community from Derbyshire County Council, in recognition of her ‘outstanding personal achievement’ which has helped to put Derbyshire on the map. This year she was one of the three shortlisted finalists for the Women in Public Life Awards.

For more complete biographical and career details click on Biography

New! Visit our online gallery where we are pleased to offer an exclusive range of fine art limited edition prints, each individually numbered and signed by Pollyanna. All of Pollyanna's books are also available for purchase online.

All the latest images to be published can be purchased securely, direct from this site so that you can enjoy Pollyanna's sensitive and enchanting paintings in your own home.


Win A Trip to South Africa

Adopt a wild or relocated cheetah through the Pollyanna Pickering Foundation and you could win a moneycan't-buy trip to South Africa more


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Luxury Loch Ness Lodge

Enjoy an idyllic holiday on the shores of Loch Ness in a luxury wooden lodge with extensive decking, lochside hot tubs, private parking, plasma televisions in every room, plus many more luxury features. Every time Lodge Nine is booked, a donaton of £100 will be made to the Pollyanna Pickering Foundation.

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Watch Pollyanna on line

Visit the BBC web site to watch a clip of Pollyanna's 2008 documentary 'Made in England'

Visit the accompanying Made in England web site to watch exclusive film of Pollyanna giving hints on sketching, which was not included in the original documentary and to learn more about the project.

If you missed Pollyanna and Anna-Louise's interview with Jenni Murray on Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 you can click here to listen again


"Pollyanna Pickering is considered to be one of the best Wildlife Artists in the world"

Jenni Murray : BBC Radio 4


"If you have never seen a barn owl in all its colourful magnificence, this is your chance, for Pollyanna's paintings are so good that you can almost feel the softness of the feathers and hear the swoosh of their flight as they hunt through the night air."

David Bellamy


"Pollyanna will be long-remembered for her knowledge of the 'wild ones', her art, and her graciousness"

Tippi Hedren


"Pollyanna and Anna-Louise go into the wilds and bring back beauty"

Neil Finn (Crowded House)


"Pollyanna Pickering is more than just a wonderful artist. She is a marvellous ambassador and campaigner for animals."

Nick Jenkins : International Director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare.



"Pollyanna is a painter gifted with an exceptional artistic talent"

Brigitte Bardot


"Pollyanna - you are so much admired. For your art and also for your compassion and concern for the animals"

Virginia McKenna


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