Ben Waddams
Ben Waddams is a young, British wildlife artist working in oils, acrylics and pen&ink. His love and fascination for the natural world has brought him endless joy since before he can remember. Today he works in the media and with charities in an effort to preserve the wildlife he is so fond of.
"I have been lucky enough to have lived, and travelled through, some truly mesmerising areas of the world and this is where I take my inspiration from.
Some people may make the point that filming, painting and writing about animals, is not active conservation. Correct, it's not, until the awareness and money made can be injected into projects. BUT there has to be that awareness in the first place. There needs to be that appreciation of wildlife, gained through the descriptions of the place or the portrait of the animal, for people to then dip into their pay-packets and change their lifestyles with the aim to conserve the species on this planet....which I think we all have a duty to do.
This is why I paint, write and photograph..."
Website: www.waddams.webs.com
eMail: benwaddams@hotmail.com