Auction For Elephants

I am currently working on a portfolio of Asian wildlife for an exhibition with Elephant Family later this year.

We hope to have a venue and date confirmed within the next couple of weeks, so watch this space. If you would like to be added to my mailing list, please email me at martin.aveling@gmail.com

In the meantime, here is one of the works in progress...

New Limited Edition Orangutan Print

£145 (Edition number: 30)

Image size - 34 x 48 cm. Printed on A2 quality art paper.

Signed, numbered, and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Postage and packing is free.

Please email me at martin.aveling@gmail.com to reserve one.

P-p-pick up a Penguin for Comic Relief

This year I've decided to raise funds for Red Nose Day, but instead of doing something invariably unfunny for money, I am giving away some artwork instead:

http://my.rednoseday.com/sponsor/martinaveling

Simply click on the link above and donate £5 (or more), and you will be entered into the draw to win one of my limited edition prints of a King Penguin (edition of 100).

Malaria, an entirely preventable illness, is the biggest killer in Africa. In 2010, an estimated 655,000 people worldwide died from malaria, and over 90% of these cases were in Africa. Approximately 86% of deaths globally were children.

I grew up in Kenya, but was in a privileged enough position to have access to a mosquito net and the relevant preventative drugs when in an at risk area. A simple luxury that is not available to a staggering number of people living in abject poverty in Kenya and across the rest of Africa. It only costs £5 for a mosquito net, which could very well be the difference between life and death for someone. Thank you for your donation.

Have Yourselves A Merry Little Christmas!

Helmeted Guineafowl

I recently spent an incredible 5 days at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, where I saw plenty of these beautiful, but odd looking birds.

The Ol Pejata Conservancy is a not-for-profit organisation situated in Kenya's Laikipia county. It boasts the largest population of Black Rhinos in East Africa, and also plays home to 4 of the 7 remaining Northen White Rhinos on the planet. I thoroughly recommend a visit:

http://www.olpejetaconservancy.org


(Thank you to Scoth Macaskill for supplying the reference material for this piece).

Dr Had's Jazz

Canvas & Cream Gallery in London is hosting an evening of jazz and art in aid of the Dr Hadwen Trust on Tuesday 2nd October (from 7.30pm). 

Tickets are £10 and can be bought on the door, or reserved prior to the event by emailing Alex Carter: alex@alexandracarter.com

I will be showing a small selection of recent pastel works in the gallery space, which will be available to buy, with part of the proceeds going to the Dr Hadwen Trust.

Exhibition at the Carspecken-Scott Gallery

20 of my most recent works will be on show at the Carspecken-Scott Gallery in Wilmington, Delaware, for a period of two weeks from Friday 28th September 2012. 

There is a preview reception on Thursday 27th, between 5.30 - 7.30pm.

Please contact Fred Carspecken at the gallery for details:

fred @ carspeckenscott.com
(302) 655-7173