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)
Rebelwolf :
It's the weekend and the easel is finally getting a dusting! We have plenty of snow around but despite the freezing temperatures, the sun has been out all week so who knows...I may get a chance to add to my photo resource library over the weekend, too! Hope everyone has a great weekend :)
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It has been a very emotional and difficult couple of weeks for us as my dad suffered a stroke during Christmas day night and has been in hospital since then. Fortunately, the stroke was minor and the only apparent residual effects are a slight deterioration of his sight and moments of confusion. However, because Isabel is not totally blind, we have reached the point where my dad now needs 24 hour care as the scan results show he may have further strokes in the future. We have found a wonderful place for him just a few miles from where they live but the separation is going to be difficult for both of them. All we can do is be there for them and give as much love and support as we can. Life will be different from now on but we are all thankful that the stroke was small and he is still with us.
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Rebelwolf :
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