Elephant Parade London 2010

Confirmation came though this week of my involvement in Elephant Parade London.

Set to be the capital's biggest public art event, 250 fibreglass life-size adolescent elephants will be distributed around the city, on display for a period of three months next year (May - July). Each elephant is sponsored by an organisation or individual and decorated by an artist. I will be taking delivery of my elephant soon.

Some big names of the art world, including Gary Hodges and Quentin Blake, are also taking part in the event. A full list of all contributing artists can be viewed here.

Elephant Family is the charity behind the campaign. They are hoping to raise over £1 million for conservation projects across Asia. Follow their efforts on facebook and twitter...

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Giraffe Art Auction for Charity

Winning bid: £110

I am holding an auction of this small giraffe pastel I did recently, inspired by Ola Helland's wonderful initiative One Million Giraffes.


It will take on the form of a silent auction, with the leading bid being displayed at the top of this post.

ALL proceeds from the sale will go to the charity Fauna & Flora International to support the tireless work they do protecting these graceful animals and others in Africa.

Please send your bids to:

giraffeauctionffi@googlemail.com

You will be notified if you are the current high bidder, but please check back before the auction ends (Sunday 15th November 09, midnight), as you may have been outbid.

The picture is unframed (image size: 7.5 x 11 inches) to allow ease of postage. If you are the eventual winner, you will be sent an email with Fauna & Flora International's payment details, and requested to provide an address for delivery.

Not only is this an opportunity to make a charitable donation to an extremely worthy cause, it could also be a good chance to get your hands on an original Aveling artwork at a very fair price!

If you have any questions about the charity FFI, please contact Camila Iturra on:

Camila.Iturra@fauna-flora.org

Many thanks, and happy bidding!

Martin

Weekend at Harrods

Here are a few pictures from last weekend spent drawing on the shop floor at Harrods. There was a fair amount of press on Sunday surrounding the arrival of the world's largest Scooby snack, attracting several known faces and their dogs to stop and pose with the big biscuit. Even Scooby Doo himself took time out of his busy schedule to drop by...

Post Cards for Wildlife

The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation recently released a ring bound booklet of images, printed on high quality art card, which are detachable to send to friends, or keep for yourself. "Storm Brewing" is one of the featured images.

Order yours here for only £6 (including postage & packing)

An Eye to the Future

The 2009 Society of Wildlife Artists exhibition opens on the 23rd September at the Mall Galleries in Trafalgar (London).

My pastel of a snow leopard - "An Eye to the Future" - was accepted into this year's show. The galleries are open daily between 10am - 5pm. The exhibition closes on the 4th October.

Guests Gallery Animal Art Contest

"Mother and Child" (below) came runner-up in the Guests Gallery's 1st International Animal Art Competition, and was presented with an Award of Merit. Thank you to everyone who voted online.

Wildlife Artist of the Year 09 Round Up

Katherine Tyrrell provides a detailed summary of the exhibition (including a great review of "Storm Brewing"). Read it here.

Up until the 26th June, members of the public are in with a chance of winning a limited edition print of "After the Rains" by David Shepherd.

Simply email the name of your favourite piece to dswf@davidshepherd.org to automatically be entered into the prize draw.

All shortlisted works can be viewed here.