From Sketch to Studio - an Exhibition of African & North American Art by Alison Nicholls

From Sketch to Studio - An Exhibition of African and American Wildlife Art by Alison Nicholls

Alison Nicholls lived in Africa for 9 years and returns on an annual basis to sketch in the bush. In this exhibit, which also includes some of her new North American wildlife art, Alison shows her original pencil and watercolor field sketches, as well as her larger watercolor and acrylic ink studio paintings.

An Opening Reception will be held on Saturday December 3rd from 1-4pm. Alison will give a 30-minute lecture at 2pm explaining the difference in her bush-sketching and studio painting techniques. 15% of sales will benefit Audubon Greenwich and 15% will benefit African conservation projects supported by Alison. The exhibition will run from December 2 – 31, 2011.

Alison Nicholls is a member of Artists For Conservation, the Society of Animal Artists, the Explorers Club and the Salmagundi Club. Her work has featured in wildlife art magazines in the USA and UK, has been exhibited at the Botswana Mission to the United Nations in New York and has been used by the US Department of State to promote the “Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking” initiative. Nicholls frequently lectures about art, Africa, wildlife and conservation. In 2011 she guided Art Safaris in South Africa on behalf of Africa Geographic magazine in which she teaches her techniques for sketching wildlife. Alison Nicholls is English by birth but has traveled widely throughout her life. She currently lives near New York City, USA. For further information please visit her website – www.NichollsWildlifeArt.com

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