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Images of household pets, farmyard animals
and wildlife have always held a particular
Artist Profi le – Robert Fuller
ROBERT Fuller is one of Britain’s leading wildlife artists. He is also a
and profi table appeal for card shops and
passionate conservationist who has worked tirelessly to preserve the
animals and birds he owes his livelihood to.
customers alike. We take a look at what’s
Born in 1972 to a family equally dedicated to nature– his father Richard Fuller is an
award-winning farmer conservationist who has published a number of books on wildlife – he
hot in the animal kingdom.
grew up on a farm on the remote Yorkshire Wolds.
Life as a young boy on a farm engendered a lifelong passion for wildlife and conservation.
As a child he was forever collecting, recording, and preserving the animals and birds that he
nimals are a constant saw about him.
A
reference point for card
Now he travels the world collecting wildlife reference material for his original paintings.
publishers and designers
He frequently combines his trips with conservation work and uses his paintings to foster the
urge to preserve animals and birds in their natural habitat in others.
and in-store, our furry and
He recently used a trip to Tanzania to highlight the plight of wild dogs in Africa. He
feathered friends are some
also donates a percentage of the sales of some of his prints to a number of conservation
of the most consistent
charities, including a project currently conserving tigers in India and to Save the Albatross.
performers on the racks and in the pockets. Closer to home, Robert is a founding member of the Wolds Barn Owl Group, which aims
From cute to comedy, animals cover a
to buck the decline in barn owls in the Yorkshire Wolds by providing boxes on farmland.
lot of bases and generate huge appeal for
Robert studied fi ne art at York BTEC College and went on to study wildlife illustration
customers. The telly has helped enormously of
at the Carmarthen College of Art & Technology in South Wales, where he was awarded
‘Student of the Year’ in 1994.
course with countless hours of programming
The depth of work behind each of his paintings is the quality people most admire about
devoted to the wonders of the natural world,
his work. It can take him up to three months to produce each picture. He will spend weeks
even if a lot of it is dedicated to endangered
just watching and photographing his
species and disappearing habitats. subject before he fi nally returns to his
But there’s no doubt the knock on effect
studio to compose a picture.
of this coverage as the world becomes
Then, he works in a variety of
mediums from oils to acrylics and pencil,
increasingly interested in the rest of the
labouring over every detail.
inhabitants of our planet and our impact upon
them.
Greetings cards
Cuteness is the obvious attraction of animal The Robert Fuller Gallery has added 10
cards but there is broad appeal in fi ne art and
new designs this Spring and redesigned
of course humour. The best designs often
the backs of the cards so that they
manage to combine all three!
feature a mini picture of the front design,
information about the creature in question
Who can resist The Art File’s stunning shots
and a short biography about Robert. The
from its Planet Earth range or marvel at the
new look is being gradually introduced to
attention to detail conjured up by UK wildlife
all the designs throughout the year.
artist, Robert Fuller. Robert Fuller uses four different sizes
Elsewhere, UK Greeting’s Animal Mad
of cards so that outlets can either benefi t
range from Carlton Studios manages to
from the bold nature of the large A cards
or use the unusual shape of the slimline
combine great photography with timeless
B cards.
humour to produce a range that ticks a
Tel: 01759 368355
number of important boxes for consumers.
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