Wonderful World

June 2007 marked an astounding anniversary for Pollyanna.

In the summer of 2007 Pollyanna opened her private gallery for a special commemorative Exhibition, to celebrate the anniversary of her first painting expedition, twenty-one years ago. Visitors viewed over fifty original paintings, on public display for the very first time. Following the incredible response to her acclaimed master work ‘The Millennium Triptych’, painted in 1999 to celebrate British wildlife at the start of the new century, Pollyanna unveiled a brand new triptych ‘Living Planet’ – pictured above- one of the most dramatic and ambitious works she has ever created.

The painting took over three months in the studio to complete, is almost eight feet wide when fully open, and depicts over eighty birds and animals.

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 journeys into some of the most inhospitable areas of the globe. Her expeditions to study threatened species have taken her across five continents, from the jungles of India to the deserts of North America. She has painted big cats in the rain forests of Central America, and wolves in the forests of Transylvania. One of her most challenging expeditions took her to the wastelands of Siberia where she braved temperatures as low as -60 to paint the Amur Tiger. The award-winning book 'Giant Pandas and Sleeping Dragons' was inspired by Pollyanna’s most famous journey – she was the first westerner to visit a remote area of the Tibetan Borderlands of China where she worked in a clinic for rescued pandas. 'On Top of the World' tells of her expeditions into the High Arctic to paint polar wildlife, and visitors to the exhibition will have a preview of the forthcoming book ‘The Eye of the Tiger’ an account of her travels in India.

Exclusively on display was the very first painting completed following Pollyanna’s most recent expedition into the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, to paint snow leopards, tigers, wolves, clouded leopards and other wildlife. Pollyanna was honoured to be awarded a fellowship by the Canada based Artists Foundation for Conservation in support of this journey. During the expedition she acted as ambassador for the group, carrying their official flag, and meeting with representatives of the WWF and Bhutanese government. Pollyanna is the first woman, and also the first European artist, ever to be awarded a A.F.C. fellowship.