In the spring of 2007 Pollyanna spent six weeks trekking and camping in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, one of the world’s last true wilderness environments.
Bhutan jealously guards its lifestyle and ancient traditions, and Pollyanna was the first western artist to comprehensively document the wildlife and habitat in a series of paintings.
Pollyanna was granted a fellowship from Canada based society Artists for Conservation Foundation in support of the expedition into Bhutan. Pollyanna was the first woman ever to be granted a fellowship by the group – and the first artist to be selected from outside Canada or North America.
Pollyanna acted as an ambassador for the AFC throughout the journey, and carried their expedition flag. She met with government ministers, and representatives of the World Wide Fund for Nature while in Bhutan, to learn more about the conservation issues facing the country.
“Bhutan is spectacularly beautiful” Pollyanna told us “but our living conditions were incredibly tough – we camped above 4,500m and suffered from altitude sickness. We were actually camping in the clouds on the top of the mountains – which is very cold and damp” However her suffering was rewarded with sightings of a clouded leopard – a highly endangered big cat with a beautifully marked coat – as well as red pandas and golden langurs. “Golden langur monkeys are unique to Bhutan and I was fortunate to get very close to several large groups to sketch and paint”.
A full exhibition of paintings of Bhutanese wildlife was staged in 2008, and a selection of the work has also been shown in New York in association with The Worldwide Nature Artists Group.
Following her expedition Pollyanna accepted the role of Conservation Partner to the Wildlife Conservation Division of the Department of Forests and Park Services of Bhutan.
This Edition is strictly limited to just 250 copies worldwide
Each is individually numbered and signed
Overall size of print (including border) : 59cm x 36cm
Size of image : 49cm x 29cm
Measurements are approximate
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