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Wildlife Art Feature
At the 2010 Show, visitors enjoyed a NEW feature at the Show.
Ben Waddams, a midlands-based wildlife artist, was displaying his work on African wildlife at the Show, as well as painting LIVE throughout the Show.
Ben enjoys painting animals from around the world and his art is collected both nationally and internationally. Stop by his stand to take a look at his art and have a chat with Ben about his travels and adventures.
Ben says...
"I have been lucky enough to have lived, and travelled, through some truly mesmerising areas of the world and this is where I take my inspiration from. Some may make the point that studying and painting animals, is not active conservation. Correct, it's not, until the awareness and money made can be injected into projects. But there has to be that awareness in the first place. There needs to be that appreciation of wildlife, gained through the visual description of the animal, for people to then dip into their pay-packets and change their lifestyles with the aim to conserve the species on this planet... which I think we all have a duty to do. This is why I paint, write and photograph..."
