FanArtReview.com - The Message by Rebelwolf

Despite having a love of art and design all my life, I only began drawing and painting earnestly in early 2008 and it was my lifelong passion for wolves which led me to purchase my first set of pastels. In fact, until that point, I had never even held a pastel before.

My artistic journey really began in February 2008 when I discovered the work of Nottingham artist, Vic Bearcroft, whilst browsing the internet. Vic is renowned for his animal paintings, particularly wolves. On seeing his stunning artwork, I was insired to get myself a set of pastels, some velour paper and try my hand at creating my own wolf pictures to decorate my home with.

My first wolf picture, Snow Wolf, was created after receiving permission from Canadian amateur photographer, Luc Durocher, to create a picture from his original photograph. Once completed, I immediately began another painting using a public domain photograph I found on the internet and the result was Autumn Spirit. Immediately after completing Autumn Spirit, I took one of my favourite photographs of our family pet, Taz, and created Paws for Thought.

By this time, I had fallen in love with my pastels and spent every spare moment creating my own art. 12 months later, my portfolio held over 30 different pieces of art covering a variety of subjects such as my beloved wolves, churches, portraits, pets, landscapes and flowers.

Amongst my Wolf paintings are portraits of two members of the younger wolf pack at the UK Wolf Conservation Trust (UKWCT). In October 2008 Paul and I, along with many other people, celebrated World Animal Day at the UKWCT where I not only saw a wolf for the very first time in my life but also met the man who inspired me to begin painting, Vic Bearcroft. Between us Paul and I took over 1200 photographs of the UKWCT wolves which were used as resource for my paintings of Torak and Mai.

In my spare time, along with painting, I enjoy photography, reading, swimming, walking and anything creative. When I eventually retire, my dream is to live in a log cabin somewhere close to wild wolves!

MY WEBSITES!
Tracie Koziura Art
My art blog - "Art for Arts sake!"
My personal blog - "Wolfhowl"

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Fellow canine lovers may be interested to take a peek at Taz's website
www.cyberpog.com
(he is very skilled with a keyboard!)
WARNING! Not for the feint-hearted! ;o)

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