A. E. London
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Anne E. London is an American artist and conservationist. Her art was greatly affected by a trip to a refuge for retired media animals, after which she started to focus on doing dramatic pieces that provide emotive portraits of wild animals, especially endangered species
. She lives in Columbus
, Ohio
and works primarily with charcoal
, watercolor, and engraving
s. London has established her reputation through producing art for non-profit wildlife preservation organizations and through showing and selling her work at art fairs across the United States. She travels to Africa
regularly to meet and draw her subjects.
and worked professionally in graphics design, doing storyboarding and logo
design for the actress Tippi Hedren
, until a visit to Hedren's Shambhala Preserve for retired media animals inspired her to leave the commercial sector. She later became a founding member of the conservation and infrastructure development group Build on Hope in Mozambique
.
London often draws her subjects live, and has been known to use coffee
to draw with if she runs out of paint in the bush
. She initially focused on engraving, but due to carpel tunnel syndrome she switched over to charcoal and water media.
A profile of London and her work by Heather Campe called "Letting Loose" was published in the Mar/Apr 2007 edition of Wildlife Art Magazine.
Recent work includes artwork for non-profit preservation organizations such as the international rhino
association. Her art is also sold to private collections.
London is a Signature Artist member of The Society of Animal Artists
. She was awarded the 2005 Award of Excellence for Kitabu.
London was the featured artist on ArtFairCalendar.com in August, 2007. In 2008 London's work was included in a series of conservation documentary videos produced by Captured Life Productions, filmed in South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia and Cape Town.
Endangered species
An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters...
. She lives in Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
and works primarily with charcoal
Charcoal
Charcoal is the dark grey residue consisting of carbon, and any remaining ash, obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. Charcoal is usually produced by slow pyrolysis, the heating of wood or other substances in the absence of oxygen...
, watercolor, and engraving
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
s. London has established her reputation through producing art for non-profit wildlife preservation organizations and through showing and selling her work at art fairs across the United States. She travels to Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
regularly to meet and draw her subjects.
Career history
London studied graphic arts under Saul Bernstein at Southern California State UniversityCalifornia State University
The California State University is a public university system in the state of California. It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system. It is incorporated as The Trustees of the...
and worked professionally in graphics design, doing storyboarding and logo
Logo
A logo is a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition...
design for the actress Tippi Hedren
Tippi Hedren
Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren is an American actress and former fashion model with a career spanning six decades. She is primarily known for her roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films, The Birds and Marnie, and her extensive efforts in animal rescue at Shambala Preserve, an wildlife habitat which she...
, until a visit to Hedren's Shambhala Preserve for retired media animals inspired her to leave the commercial sector. She later became a founding member of the conservation and infrastructure development group Build on Hope in Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
.
London often draws her subjects live, and has been known to use coffee
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
to draw with if she runs out of paint in the bush
The Bush
"The bush" is a term used for rural, undeveloped land or country areas in certain countries.-Australia:The term is iconic in Australia. In reference to the landscape, "bush" describes a wooded area, intermediate between a shrubland and a forest, generally of dry and nitrogen-poor soil, mostly...
. She initially focused on engraving, but due to carpel tunnel syndrome she switched over to charcoal and water media.
A profile of London and her work by Heather Campe called "Letting Loose" was published in the Mar/Apr 2007 edition of Wildlife Art Magazine.
Recent work includes artwork for non-profit preservation organizations such as the international rhino
Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros , also known as rhino, is a group of five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia....
association. Her art is also sold to private collections.
London is a Signature Artist member of The Society of Animal Artists
Society of Animal Artists
The Society of Animal Artists is an international organization for artists who paint, sculpt, or draw animals and wildlife, founded in 1960.The Society of Animal Artists, Inc. is "devoted to promoting excellence in the portrayal of the creatures sharing our planet, and to the education of the...
. She was awarded the 2005 Award of Excellence for Kitabu.
London was the featured artist on ArtFairCalendar.com in August, 2007. In 2008 London's work was included in a series of conservation documentary videos produced by Captured Life Productions, filmed in South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia and Cape Town.