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LATEST NEWS NEW BOOK "DRAWN TO THE SOUL" For more information on this exciting new book please go to NEW BOOK page. To be published on 7th September 2010 this limited edition signed book can be pre-ordered from the shop for only £25 (plus £2.50 P&P), "Drawn to the Soul" is published to coincide with the major Retrospective exhibition of the same name (see below). There are only a few tickets left for the private view on Saturday 11th September - please book soon to avoid disappointment (see below). ____________ THIRD UPDATE OF JAGUAR - "POWER"  The drawing "Power" has progressed since it transformed itself into "Fire" (see below) but is still some way from being finished. Gary has been working on his new book which has left him less time on "Power". However, he is very pleased so far. He will be showing "Power" either finished or unfinished at his Nature in Art retrospective show (7th Sept - 10th Oct). If it is unfinished then the showing will delay its completion. However, if that is the case, Gary is ready to start on his fourth wild cat portrait, the snow leopard. Watch this space! ____________ BRAND NEW PRINT “FIRE”  AVAILABLE NOW IN THE SHOP This is an unexpected surprise! Gary explains: “I realised many weeks ago my jaguar drawing was evolving into something special for me – a different image to the planned portrait. So I kept certain areas faint to emphasise his intense eye and surrounding swirling patterns, creating an emotive design. I’ve worked on this, a stepping stone to the portrait, but unique in itself. “I have decided to bring out a small edition on paper and canvas and I hope you love it as much as I do. I’m very excited about it.” It is a Mayan traditional belief that the Jaguar God becomes a fire-eyed Sun God every sunrise. Because of this, Gary felt “Fire” was a perfect title for this unusual drawing. You can order “Fire” now through the shop. The paper edition was published on 20th July and the box canvas will be on 27th August. The paper edition is only 195 copies with 19 APs. Image size: 288 mm x 137 mm, paper size: 386 mm x 213 mm. Price £95 (inc. VAT). The box canvas edition will be only 30 copies with 3 APs. Size: 330mm x 155 mm. Price: £195 (inc. VAT). Gary says: “I will now continue my journey with this drawing until it evolves into “Power”, the third in my series of four wild cat portraits. This should be published in early September to coincide with my major retrospective show at the renowned Nature in Art Museum.” _________ MAJOR RETROSPECTIVE OF GARY’S DRAWINGS 2010 is a
huge year for Gary peaking with a major retrospective exhibition “Drawn
to the Soul” of over 40 originals spanning 23 years, to be showcased at
the Nature in Art Museum, Gloucester, UK. The dates for your diary are -
7th September - 10th October 2010. There will be a private view on Saturday 11th Sept. There are only a few tickets left - available at £8 (in aid of Born Free and Nature in Art) and can be obtained from Nature in Art by phone (01452 731442) or email enquiries@nature-  Nature in Art is the world’s first, and Europe’s only, museum dedicated exclusively to art inspired by nature. Established 21 years ago, it has only staged 8 solo shows by living artists, including David Shepherd, Keith Shackleton and Anthony Gibbs. Other shows of late artists have included the works of Sir Peter Scott, Simon Coombes and Pablo Picasso. Gary is the first pencil artist to be honoured with a solo show. Please note: this museum will be borrowing back originals for this show - exhibits will not be for sale. Limited edition prints will be available from the museum shop. In addition to this exciting news, other projects are developing. We’ll keep you posted. _________ UPCOMING EVENTS
_______________ TATTOO SELLS IN AUCTION Gary's fiberglass elephant "Tattoo - Born to be Wild" was auctioned on July 3rd for £12,500 in aid of the Born Free Foundation. It was a wonderful day and so far the Elephant Parade has raised £1.8 million for Asian elephant conservation. It was a fantastic innovative project that Gary was thrilled to involved with. It created a colouful and exciting public awareness campaign along with successful fundraising. Pictues to follow soon. _______________ ARTICLE ABOUT GARY IN WILDSCAPE MAGAZINE The latest issue of Wildscape magazine has a great four page interview with Gary. It is illustrated with his drawings and is available from Wildscape for £4. The magazine is published quarterly and focuses on wildlife art, artists and conservation news. The last issue had an interview with Canada’s finest, Robert Bateman and past issues had articles on David Shepherd, Simon Combes and Keith Shackleton amongst may others and EIA and Born Free have also been featured. ___________ ELEPHANT "TATTOO" DATES IN LONDON This event has now finished - new pictures to follow.  GARY WITH TATTOO AT GREEN PARK PHOTO: JACK MURRAY On Sat 22nd May Gary took part in "meet the artists" with Tattoo. Virginia McKenna joined him to raise publicity for Born Free and the Elephant Parade. The sun shone and the public turned out in large numbers - a good day was had by all.  GARY WITH VIRGINIA AND TATTOO IN GREEN PARK PHOTO: SHIRLEY GALLIGAN  VIRGINIA WITH TATTOO  VIRGINIA BEING INTERVIEWED WITH GARY PHOTO: MARY RICE  TATTOO WITH (L TO R) ASHLEY LEIMAN, FOUNDER & DIRECTOR ORANGUTAN FOUNDATION, FAITH BRUNSKILL, SENIOR CAMPAIGNER EIA, ENYA, MARY RICE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EIA __________ FORGERIES WARNING In the last few days one Green Turtle and two Narwhal Greenpeace prints have appeared on ebay advertised as limited edition signed prints. Thanks to collectors we were informed. The signatures and numbers are forgeries and since the edition was limited, the print breaches Gary's copyright. The seller has removed the prints after we sent notification of infringement to ebay. But she says that due to considerable interest she will still try to sell them. Please beware and let us know if they reappear. ________________ DSWF "THREE GENERATIONS & GUEST ARTISTS" The overall standard of the third "Wildlife Artist of the Year" competition proved to be the best yet! The winner, sculptor Adam Binder was a unanimous choice with all nine judges. As Gary said in his quote, "Essence of Polar bear. The sculptor has pared this down to perfection". To see this and all the other selected entrants visit the DSWF site. The private view was attended by over 500 people who eagerly waited for actor Robert Lindsay to announce the winners. Gary put one original and three limited edition canvas prints into the "Three generations and guest artists" show which ran in conjunction with the "Wildlife artist of the year". The original, "Baby Love" sold as well as a few canvas prints. The total profit for the DSWF was well in excess of £50,000 - all going to help wildlife. Gary is pleased to have been invited back as a judge for next year's competition. ___________ ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2010 As usual, Gary had a wonderful time with his 18th Artist Residency at the Nature in Art Museum. He saw so many regulars and also met many new admirers of his art. He really appreciates the effort people go to to visit......some even bearing gifts! Many thanks to everyone who made his stay so enjoyable. One visitor who made a return visit after 11 years was Belinda, an Asian small clawed Otter. She came with Daphne and Martin Neville. Gary first met Belinda when she was a small, very inquisitive pup. She loved examining his open mouth to check for fillings!  BELINDA, AN ASIAN SMALL CLAWED OTTER WITH GARY PHOTO: DAPHNE NEVILLE Daphne and Martin regularly travel the country publicising the plight of otters for the International Otter Survival Fund, recently featured on the Alan Titchmarsh Show. _______________ SECOND UPDATE OF NEW JAGUAR DRAWING This is the second update of Gary's third wild cat portrait in the series of four. It is slowly taking shape and this detail gives you some idea of his thoughts. We will update this page as the drawing progresses. It will be the same size, edition size and cost as the others in the series.  SECOND UPDATE  FIRST OUTLINE ______ OXFAM The 1991 "tall" Cheetah print for sale in Oxfam's shop was sold for £850. _________ GRACE The second in Gary's wild cat portrait series, Grace, is now finished and available to order from the shop. The paper signed limited edition was published on 20th November with the box canvas signed limited edition published a week later on 27th November. See below for the final image and earlier versions. This beautiful cheetah portrait is for sale now with free delivery after the published date. If you buy both Majesty and Grace together we can ensure you receive the same edition numbers. We can also offer the same for the last two wild cat portraits to be published in 2010. The next will be a jaguar.  GRACE  CHEETAH DRAWING THIRD UNFINISHED UPDATE
SECOND UNFINISHED UPDATE  FIRST UNFINISHED IMAGE You can see the first three unfinished images from Gary's new cheetah drawing above. This is the second in his series of four wild cat portraits and will be published the same size as Majesty to work on your wall as a set. The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation have a great gift idea of "postcards for wildlife" - 18 different images on postcards bound together in one booklet. Some of the winners from last year's Wildlife Artist of the Year are included along with others including my orang-utan drawing Plea for the Rainforest. £6 each incl p&p from DSWF (see links). _______ Gary had a wonderful time at two 25th celebrations. The
first was at Cafe Spice Namaste in Central London in
aid of EIA's tiger campaign. A special meal was prepared by top
chefs Cyrus Todiwala MBE, Paul Gayler and Andrew Bennett OBE. Donal
MacIntyre, investigative journalist and TV presenter, gave a speech showering praise on EIA. Gary donated a box canvas edition of Soulmates which was auctioned for an amazing £1,150. A framed paper edition of Angel Eyes, kindly donated by Jenny Seagrove sold for £350. The
second was a spectacular concert "Wild and Live" at the Royal Albert Hall,
Central London, in aid of the Born Free Foundation. The star-studded
event was headlined by Bryan Adams with an incredible international
line-up including Peter Andre, Graham Norton, Joanna Lumley, compared by Martin Clunes. Virginia Mckenna was given a standing ovation for her dedication and tenacity saving wild animals as she praised her son, Will Travers, for building the Born Free Foundation to what it is today. Thousands of people in the audience enjoyed the music and comedy which led up to a rousing finale of the song "Born Free" led by Kiki Dee and Bryan Adams with participation from all the cast.
CARMELO LUGGERI, KIKI DEE AND BRYAN ADAMS LEAD THE FINALE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL  PETER ANDRE, RULA LENSKA AND KIKI DEE SING "BORN FREE"  GARY WITH THE WONDERFUL VIRGINIA MCKENNA  GARY WITH (FROM LEFT) DAVE CURREY, KIKI DEE, RULA LENSKA  GARY WITH JENNY SEAGROVE _______ We have added a new page Original Sales which will keep you updated on any of Gary's originals coming on the market. _______ The Orangutan Foundation (OF) have produced a fine bone china mug - a great stocking filler or gift - using Gary's drawing Plea for the Rainforest. All proceeds go to OF and it can be bought from their website (see links).  _______ Check
out the new page on Ibiza. ________ Gary was recently a judge
for the annual Wildlife Artist of the Year organised by the David Shepherd
Wildlife Foundation. Gary has this to say about it: “I felt the overall standard of this year’s “Wildlife Artist of the Year” show at the Mall Galleries was even better than last year. The eight judges, including myself, spent quite a few hours deliberating before finally deciding on the category winners and the coveted main prize-winner.  DAVID GOWER TALKS TO A
CAPACITY CROWD AT THE MALL GALLERIES, LONDON "The private view was buzzing and filled to capacity with 500+ art lovers. I was there with my great friends, sisters Anna Lubienska and Rula Lenska and met up with many old familiar faces from the past. A surprise guest was the ever youthful Rolf Harris who I compared beards with: he won by a mile!
ROLF HARRIS AND GARY
COMPARE BEARDS WHILE DAVID SHEPHERD WATCHES
PHOTO: ANNA LUBIENSKA "In the same Gallery was also hung “The Three Generations” exhibition, David and Mandy Shepherd and David’s equally talented grand-daughter, Emily Lamb. Her paintings are so full of vitality and colour.
RULA LENSKA AND GARY AT
THE WILDLIFE ARTIST OF THE YEAR SHOW 2009
PHOTO: ANNA LUBIENSKA "The combined two shows raised in the region of £30,000 for wildlife and plans are already underway for next year’s event. I’m excited to have been asked back again as a judge for 2010.” ________ Three of Gary's older drawings have been added to Gallery Two - they are Polar Bear Swimming, Sabu and Heat and Dust. The Polar Bear Swimming is a personally signed UNlimited edition and sells for just £30 in the Shop. Gary's latest drawing "Majesty" - a Royal Bengal Tiger portrait is now finished and Gary has signed and numbered both the paper and canvas limited editions. You can read more about this drawing here and order in the shop. The lower numbers will be sent out first and delivery is now available for both paper and canvas editions. This is the first of a series Gary is drawing of wild cat's heads. They would look wonderful on a wall together! Keep an eye on this page for the first glimpse of the next drawing.
See below for the first two
"unfinished" updates just a week apart.
Gary has just finished the drawing of cat's eyes - a snow leopard's eyes - that he has created especially for the banner for this new website. He has also spent considerable time overseeing the design and content of the website and added his own personal bits in the gallery. ________
The museum is home to an
extraordinary collection of art inspired by the natural world. Besides Gary, artists
include Sir Peter Scott, David Shepherd, Simon Coombes, Pablo Picasso and the
art of 600 artists from over 50 countries. Well worth a visit. To find out how to get
there: Tel: +44 (0)1452 731422 (Mon-Fri) or +44 (0)1452 733946 (Sat/Sun). ________ Gary's drawing George Adamson with Boy and Christian is
reproduced in Virginia McKenna's just published autobiography "The Life in
My Years". This beautiful book will inspire anyone who cares about the
future of the planet and all the creatures dependent on it, including human
beings. It is available from the Born Free Foundation. |
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