Interview Isle of Wight Zoo preparing work on the Exhibition for the Year of the Tiger. Events Page September 2010.

Restoring Sally in July 2010 before the Grand Auction

Joanna May's last Exhibition on the Tiger was held at her gallery on Saturday 20th November.

Burns the Fire of Thyne Eyes

This was a Private View with an Introductory Speech on Joanna latest paintings of the Tiger. This Exhibition coincided with the World Summit highlighting awareness of this magnificent creature's plight. Special Guests from WWF also gave a Talk and Presentation on Tiger Preservation.

Joanna would like to extend her appreciation to WWF, also Charlotte Corney and her team at the Isle of Wight Zoo (and her late father Jack Corney for all his work towards tiger conservation)

Tiger Tiger

“Tiger Tiger” Original £6,000 ( Prints available - Limited Edition out of 50, £800 )

10% of proceeds of all sales on the day were given to WWF to Save the Tiger.

More pictures from the events are shown below:

In the paper being interviewed for the Isle of Wight Zoo.

See this newspaper article on this link

On the 10th of July we will be holding an auction of a replica 75 cm Elephant at my gallery in Marlborough with a professional auctioneer and Tanaz one of the main patrons of Elephant family.  Please do pencil this into your diary.  We will be sending out invites shortly with more information.

Joanna May's elephant for the Elephant Parade is called 'Sally'.

Joanna May said “I got involved with Elephant Parade because it was saving 'Wildlife' and I have been grateful for many years that I have made my living out of painting the beauty of animals all round the world. To be able to give something back while also showcasing my talent has been a real pleasure. I hope it will give many hours of pleasure to the public to appreciate both the elephant and art itself.”

Joanna illustrates the hare and the folk law of the hare, taking a piece of Wiltshire up to London. The design incorporates mystical scenes of the moon, stars and for the first time, crop circles; and further connecting to the hare through the fertility goddess from Celtic belief.

On the side of the hare in the eye, we have a reflection of the Elephant and Castle statue. Above the hare's head we have the 'hare in the moon' surrounded by the constellations of Lupus the Hare and the Plough, which represents the fields in Wiltshire. Going further around the trunk of the elephant we have Pegasus the horse, as we are in the white horse area. Above the floating eye, which also reflects the London Eye in the pupil, we have the final constellation Virgo, representing woman, fertility and harvest.

The woman represents the fertility goddess, which is itself a symbol of the hare. The hare was so powerfully worshiped in Celtic belief as the goddess of fertility that if you killed one the penalty was death. On the contours of the woman, written as graffiti art, are links and influences on Joanna's artistic journey of painting the hare, alongside alternative names that have been used throughout history for this elusive and mystical creature.

Joanna has been chosen along with 250 artists throughout the UK to support the endangered Asian elephant.

I'm proud to announce that my Elephant's location is outside the Royal National Theatre on the South Bank. please go to elephantparadelondon.org. and on the home page you can print off a map of it's location.

FOR SALE

35 cm elephants for sale. Limited Edition out of 25. 18 left for sale. Signed by the artist with a certificate.

The event will see brightly painted life-size elephants located over central London this summer 2010. Each decorated by a different artist or celebrity, the elephants will brighten and beautify the city, being placed in prime locations around London.

Running from May to July 2010, this will be London's biggest public art exhibition. With an estimated audience of 25 million, the campaign is aiming to raise over £2 million for the Asian elephant and benefit more than 20 UK conservation charities.

This is the elephant Joanna has donated named 'Sally'. Joanna illustrates the hare and the folk law of the hare, taking a piece of Wiltshire up to London. The design incorporates mystical scenes of the moon, stars and for the first time crop circles. With a connection to the hare being the fertility goddess in Celtic belief.

Joanna is planned to be interviewed in her located spot early on this year.

For more information please visit elephantfamily.org or elephantparade.com.