Ann Holden MA VetMB MRCVS
A portrait of you...or your pet?.
Ann specialises in portraits of animals or people, using coloured or graphite pencil to produce lifelike pictures of someone close to your heart. Ann is a veterinary surgeon who ran her own surgery for 11 years – one of the reasons she started drawing animals, before progressing to their owners.
She is happy to work from good photographs but, if these are not available, she may be able to visit you to make preliminary sketches and photograph the human or animal subject.
A portrait by Ann is the unique gift or lasting memento that you have been looking for…
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Ann has recently been in contact with Takako Ikuta, a Japanese member of the UKCPS. Last year, Takako (who is an extremely accomplished artist) founded the Japanese Coloured Pencil Society.
Takako kindly suggested that Ann, as Editor of the UKCPS newsletter, should write a short entry for the JCPS blog, with one or two of her pictures. You can now see this here (in English, as well as Takako’s Japanese translation).
Ann has recently featured in the 'Real Lives' slot in 'OneinSeven', the RNID magazine. She was asked about her experiences of being a vet with a hearing loss. Archie was also mentioned in the article, in his role as Ann's self-appointed (unofficial) Hearing Dog. Readers were told about ArtisAnn and two of Ann's pictures were reproduced.
Currently, Ann is Editor of Talking Point, the newsletter of
the UK Coloured Pencil Society (UKCPS). She also helps to produce and print the
newsletter for the North West Calligraphers’ Association (NWCA).
Find out more about Ann...