Barrie Barnett

Barrie Barnett Fine Art

1982 to Present (27 years)
"I just celebrated my 25th year as a portrait painter. During the first 15 years, I specialized in children, but switched to painting mainly dogs when I needed a break from kids (and their parents!) and was offered a solo show in Manhattan. Now I do all family members, including horses."

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Caroline Cook

Eclipse Studios and Gallery

West Country artist Caroline Cook specializes in equestrian art and other animal portraits. Caroline has been painting horses and other animals since she was old enough to hold a paint brush. Passionate about horses since she was a young girl, she has had her own horses and dogs all her life. She paints the subjects she loves - horses, dogs, racing, animals, wildlife and the countryside.

Self taught her paintings capture mood light and motion whilst retaining accuracy and attention to detail.

For the past twelve years Caroline has developed an extensive range of limited and open edition equestrian art prints and greeting cards. Her horse paintings and animal portraits have featured on many Christmas cards, ceramics, jewelery, gifts and sewing gifts and if you love horses you've probably seen one of her designs.

She has exhibited her equestrian art and horse paintings at leading equestrian venues and shows with her mobile exhibition including the National Hunt Festival at Cheltenham, Badminton Horse Trials and the RIHS at Hickstead. Her equestrian art exhibition can be found on race days at Cheltenham in Hurdlers Hall at the top of the Paddock Steps.

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Adeline Halvorson

Adeline Halvorson Artworks

Adeline Halvorson knew at an early age that she wanted to be an artist. In her rural upbringing, animals, especially horses, played a very important role. Her entire working life has been dedicated to her career through experimentation, endless reading and hours of practice. She has developed techniques entirely her own, first in pastel, then in acrylic.

She spends most of her time researching and creating the paintings she markets to a growing group of collectors. She enjoys the variety of diverse subjects - floral, still life, dogs, or a childhood scene, and most often, her favorite equine subject matter. Years of riding and grooming horses has given Halvorson a knowledge of anatomy and muscle movement that her painting skills bring to life on the canvas. The shapes and movement of muscle, variety and texture of harness and trappings, as well as the horse and its interaction with its human counterparts provide endless artistic inspiration for one who grew up with a love for one of the world's most beautiful animals.

"My growth as an artist is of prime importance to me. I am continually researching new and better ways to approach my painting, all the while keeping in mind that "brush mileage" is my greatest teacher. I paint the subjects that are true to my heart, and definitely believe the words of Sir Winston Churchill:"

"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man"

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Pollyanna Pickering

Pollyanna Pickering is widely recognized as Europe's foremost wildlife artist, and is the most published fine artist working in Britain today. She is an honorary patron of The Wildlife Art Society International, and a signature member of the Artists for Conservation Foundation.

Pollyanna was born in Yorkshire, UK. She began her real art training at Rotherham Art School, where, in her first year she won the award for most promising student - and met her future husband, Ken Pickering, an industrial designer. She went on to study for a further three years at the London Central School of Art, graduating with distinction.

Pollyanna's original work has been exhibited in top galleries internationally, including the Royal Academy. Her paintings hang in private and corporate collections world-wide from Siberia to Australia, and celebrity collectors of her work include John Hurt and David Bowie, while Sheik Mohammed has a specially commissioned series of paintings of his ascot winners. Her work has been presented to Princess Anne, and she has even been commissioned to paint Her Majesty the Queens' favourite racing pigeon!

Pollyanna's work will be familiar to most people through her extensive range of published work. Her limited edition and fine art prints, books, ranges of greeting and Christmas cards and gift ware are sold throughout the UK and exported into over eighty countries world-wide.

For fifteen years Pollyanna ran a registered hospital for birds of prey from her home. Caring mainly for injured and orphaned raptors, she also rehabilitated foxes, hedgehogs, squirrels and other mammals, all of which feature in her work. This close contact with the creatures in her care is reflected in the realism and vitality of her work.

Pollyanna's determination to paint only animals which she has observed in their natural habitats has lead her into a remarkable and unique series of journeys into some of the most inhospitable areas of the globe.

Pollyanna continues to receive awards and accolades for her paintings, including the Silver Palette Trophy and the Millennium Trophy bestowed by the Wildlife Art Society International who have also awarded her two Gold Medals. In 2004 she was awarded a coveted first prize in the Wildlife Artist of the Year Awards, and in 2007 won the first National Wildscape Masterclass Challenge. In 2006 the Artists for Conservation Foundation honored her with their prestigious Conservation Artist Award.

In 2005 The International Fund for Animal Welfare named her Animal Conservation Fund-raiser of the Year, honoring her with an award at a special presentation at the House of Lords. In 2008 she is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Derby in recognition of her achievements.

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Sueellen Ross

Sueellen Ross has been called "America's Definitive Cat Artist," and her images beautifully support that high praise. However, Ross' complete body of work ranges far beyond the mysterious feline universe. She is a highly versatile artist both in her mixed media technique and hand-colored etchings. Her distinctive paintings of wild birds and domestic pets, which are rendered with exquisite richness and detail, grace the homes of collectors across the country.

Acclaimed for the strong emotion and personality in her paintings, Sueellen Ross never quits thinking about art. She combines her passion for producing art with her love of animals to create works of exceptional design and subtle wit. "My strength as an artist," she says, "comes from my deep love of my subjects."

For many years Ross focused her energies on perfecting the etching process, and it was those experiences that helped hone her abilities to use texture, line, and color to achieve the nuances and details in her work. She later continued to push her skills even further by developing her own unique combination of mixed media using India ink, watercolor, and pencil. Today, her paintings are brilliant in color, meticulous in detail and texture, and are highly coveted by collectors.

Sueellen Ross has authored books and appeared in countless publications both as a featured artist and as an author. Ross' paintings, etchings, and other prints have been exhibited worldwide and have won her Featured Artist positions at art exhibitions across the nation. Her painting have frequently been chosen for the prestigious "Birds in Art" show at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, and "Arts for the Parks" in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Sueellen and her husband currently live in Seattle, Washington.

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Persis Clayton Weirs

For Persis Clayton Weirs, becoming a wildlife artist seemed only natural. Born on an island off the Maine coast and residing on the New England coast her entire life, Weirs has always been surrounded by beautiful scenery and bountiful wildlife. Weirs is known for her extraordinary ability to paint both domestic and wild animals. Her original works, which are featured in some of the most prominent museums and celebrated private collection across the country, were selected to go on an international tour to Beijing, China. "If my paintings can pass on the others just a fraction of the pleasure and fascination I find in nature, then I have succeeded."

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