Background
Pickering, Pollyanna was born on July 30, 1942 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Daughter of Johnathon and Mabel (Wells) Pollard.
Pickering, Pollyanna was born on July 30, 1942 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Daughter of Johnathon and Mabel (Wells) Pollard.
National diploma in design, Center School of Arts, London, 1963. Degree (honorary), University Derby, 2008.
Pickering was born in Yorkshire and is now a celebrated English wildlife artist who has gone on many expeditions around the world to study animals in their natural habitats. She studied at Rotherham Art school and later at the Central School of Art and Design in London.
Principal Brookvale Bird Rescue (Conservation), Derbyshire, since 1980. President (honorary) Hearing Dogs for Deaf, Derby, 1996-2007, Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Derby, since 1997. Ambassador Hospital Radio Link, 1999-2000.
Member court University Derby. Patron Raptor Rescue, since 1999, NatureWatch, since 2000, F.A.B.L.E., since 2001, Wildlife Art Society International, since 2004, The Badger Trust, since 2006. Trustee Irish African/Asian Conservation Trust, since 2001.
Founder Pollyanna Pickering Foundation, 2001. Vice president Bill Jordan Wildlife Defense Fund, since 2003. Member Derbyshire Wildlife Trust (patron since 1985), World Wide Fund for Nature (commissioned work 1991, 99), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (commissioned work 1983, 84, 98, 99), Zoocheck (exhibition 1991), Royal Society for the Protection of Animals (Hong Kong, commissioned work 1991-1999), Worldwide Group Nature Artists (signature), Society Feline Artists (signature).
Married Kenneth Albert Pickering, April 25, 1963 (deceased 1979). 1 child, Anna-Louise.