The Pollyanna Pickering Digital Collections

Pollyanna Pickering (1942 – 2018) was widely recognised as Europe’s foremost wildlife artist, and the most published fine artist working in Britain during her lifetime. She won close to fifty international awards for her artwork, and in 2008 she received an honorary degree from the University of Derby in recognition of her achievements.

Pollyanna held the post of honorary patron of The Wildlife Art Society International. She was also a signature member of the Artists for Conservation Foundation and the Society of Feline Artists and the Association of Animal Artists and a full juried member of the New York based Society of Animal Artists. A familiar face on TV, Channel Four commissioned the documentary ‘Portrait of an Artist’ about her life which also aired in Japan. The most recent documentary about her work Made in England was broadcast on BBC1. She appeared on numerous popular TV shows in the UK including Springwatch, TVAM, Blue Peter, Saturday Superstore and House Doctor – and was interviewed live on Canadian Breakfast TV and by Australian news channels. In recent years she became a frequent and popular guest on The Create and Craft Channel, filming around 30 live shows annually which were simulcast in the USA.