International Art Award for Pollyanna

>We are proud to announce that Pollyanna has been honoured with a posthumous award in recognition of her ‘Outstanding Contribution to Arts and Culture’ at a glittering ceremony in New York.

Pollyanna’s daughter and business partner Anna-Louise was very honoured and moved to be invited to attend the ATIM’s Masters of Contemporary Art Awards at the New York Museum Of Art and Design in New York. She is pictured above accepting the award onstage at the spectacular gala event. The evening opened with a performance by dancers dressed as Golden Angels. Following the opening ceremony and speeches, a minutes silence was held in memory of Pollyanna – a deeply moving and emotional tribute.

Anna-Louise was invited onstage to accept the award which takes the form of an angel-like figure, representing inspiration rising. The statuette was created in Italy. Painted Ferrari red, it is finished with 24 carat gold. The spectacular trophy will be displayed in the gallery during the forthcoming exhibition of Pollyanna’s artwork which runs from 16th – 24th November in her private gallery in Derbyshire – find full details in events.

Presenting the award, Viviana Puiello Editor-in-Chief the ArtTour International Magazine said “Celebrated UK artist and activist Pollyanna Pickering was an acclaimed name in the realm of animal and wildlife artistry who illustrated the remote wilderness and fragile habitats with unparalleled accuracy and perfection in her lifetime. Each of her gleaming works is representational of her tireless campaign to restore the world’s violated Ecosystem. With immaculate attention to details, this champion of environmental conservation wanted to create a caveat, and an appeal to the world as a whole to save the injured, orphaned, and endangered species continuously threatened by extinction.”

“Pollyanna drew her inspirations by exploring the most inhospitable parts of the world. The eye-catching, sharp realism exhibited in her wildlife portfolio is due to the real-life interaction, and exchange between Pickering and the wild animals she sheltered in her lifetime. Her work was a mirror of their beauty, and a message that they too have a right, and purpose in this world.”

Pollyanna’s original artwork was included in an exhibition which ran at a New York gallery to coincide with the awards ceremony. The following day Anna-Louise appeared on a Manhattan Arts TV show – Art Tour International – filmed at the MNN studios to speak about the award, Pollyanna’s life and work, and her amazing legacy.