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Anne Barron A passion for drawing and a passion for animals have brought Anne a great deal of pleasure throughout her life and she feels it is really important to use her talent to give something back With fellow artist Irene Nixon, for the past 7 years Ann has been organising and administering Wild About Art, an annual exhibition with the main purpose of encouraging art for all ages and raising awareness of, and funds for, conservation and endangered species. Tangible contributions of over £20,000 have been raised for such wildlife charities as: The Dian Fossey Foundation for Mountain GorillasGlobal Tiger PatrolYorkshire Wildlife TrustBritish Trust for OrnithologyThe Marine Conservation Society, andThe David Shepherd Foundation. The intangible contribution they have made is enabling such conservation minded artists as Sir David Shepherd and Pollyanna Pickering to inspire and educate young and old alike at exhibitions, lectures and informal meetings to make their own contribution to caring for the environment. Wild About Art has been supported by Sheffield City Council in the UK from March 2005 when a new venue had to be found and the awe-inspiring Winter Garden - a green oasis in the centre of the city - was made available. Perfectly suited to the event, they felt that Rainforest Concern would be the right charity to benefit from the relaunch at the Winter Garden, and a wonderful Preview Evening was opened by Pollyanna Pickering in the mysterious and wonderful, but rather cold, atmosphere created at night in the Winter Garden. . Through exhibiting her work at shows, fairs and exhibitions, commissions poured in and she was forced finally to give up her "day job" and has never been without commissions in hand for the past 10 years. Fellow artists and the general public appreciate her ability to achieve a true likeness of the subject in portraits and wildlife paintings, and then go one step further to breathe life into them… Anne's daughter, Alex, after gaining her degree is now travelling the world and working on research projects and conservations projects with marine life, particularly great white sharks, so Anne's passion for wildlife has certainly had a positive effect in more ways than one. Meeting fellow artist, Irene Nixon, also a wildlife painter had quite an effect on her working life as Irene came up with the idea of using an annual wildlife exhibition to raise funds for worthwhile charities and between them they have now raised over £20,000 for various wildlife charities including the David Shepherd Foundation. This was a great thrill for both artists as they had both been admirers of David's dedication to conservation and love of painting for many years. Spending much of the year travelling around the UK, Anne gives demonstrations to art groups on how to "paint" with pencils and also has the following interests: • Art Co-ordinator of Art In The Gardens, Sheffield Botanical Gdns• Member of the About Face Portrait Group• Co-organizing the annual Wild About Art Charity Exhibition• Co-organizing the Great Sheffield Art Show• Associate Member of the Society of Feline Artists, the Wildlife Art Society and the UK Coloured Pencil Society• Professional Associate of the Society of Amateur Artists• Participating in the Open Studios Weekend, Sheffield• Co-Owner of the Scottie Gallery in Sheffield
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