About the Artist

Anne London can't remember the day she decided she would be an artist.

" I've always known, even as a small child."

Her parents encouraged her to expand her talents as they explored their new country and its wildlife, and the combined interests have taken her to Africa, Asia and the Americas in pursuit of her subject matter, endangered species.

A whimsical decision led her to work for Tippi Hedren, founder of Shambala in California, a refuge for big cats, elephants and many other species. There, walking tigers and lions on leashes, occasionally getting roughed up by them, she found her focus at the age of 19.

" The commercial art world was not for me," she says," All I could think about were the animals and the problems they were facing."

Approaching her fourth decade as a fine artist, London has used her work to raise both money and awareness for animals.

Her current body of work using charcoal and watermedia came about as an accidental response to the carpal tunnel syndrome that all but prevented her from continuing with engraving.
"It was a blessing, I realize now, like so many obstacles. "

She travels to Africa regularly, bringing back her field sketches and basing the next year's work on them. She has won awards across the nation, including the prestigious Award Of Excellence given by the Society of Animal Artists, and has been featured in magazines such as Wildlife Art News. Chosen several times for the Art and The Animal tour sponsored by several museums, her work has gained critical acclaim by both the art world and the scientific community.

Currently living and working in a 128 year old farmhouse in the countryside of Ohio, A.E.London shares her life with her Belgian horse, five dogs and as she puts it, " My human pride."