Biography - 150 words
Jackie Garner is a wildlife
artist based in Gloucestershire, England. She exhibits regularly, either individually
or with other wildlife artists, illustrators and sculptors. She is particularly
inspired by the way wildlife fits in to its environment through repeating shapes
and colours.
Jackie originally concentrated solely on British wildlife art, but four weeks
in the Falkland Islands in 2005 led to a reputation for penguin paintings. In
2008 Jackie also spent six weeks on a research trip in Egypt which will be the
basis of illustrations for a book on the wildlife art of ancient Egypt. She
is the author and main illustrator of The Wildlife Artist's Handbook (The Crowood
Press).
Her paintings of wildlife have been shown on BBC television and are held in
collections as far afield as the Falkland Islands, Trinidad, Australia and South
Africa. Jackie was elected to fellowship of the RSA in 2006.
For further information visit www.jackiegarner.co.uk