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Great Successes Achieved by PAWS Team for Animals of Paxos

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"Cats of Paxos", Biro Drawing 2014 by Jane Lee McCracken

“Cats of Paxos”, Biro Drawing 2014 by Jane Lee McCracken

January has seen the publication of PAWS (Paxos Animal Welfare Society) Newsletter and a review of 2014’s successes for animals on the Greek island of Paxos.  PAWS brings voluntary veterinary care to the animals of the small Ionian island. With no practicing vets living on Paxos, islanders had to travel to Corfu to seek veterinary care for their animals until PAWS was founded in 2005 by tourists Lindsay Geddes and Linda Parker.

‘Cats of Paxos’ original Biro drawing will be exhibited from April 2015 on Paxos and auctioned later in the year to raise funds for PAWS.

Enjoy news from Paxos and PAWS!

Page 1 Credit: Paxos Animal Welfare Society – Registered Charity 1155941

Page 1 Credit: Paxos Animal Welfare Society – Registered Charity 1155941

 

Page 2 Credit: Paxos Animal Welfare Society – Registered Charity 1155941

Page 2 Credit: Paxos Animal Welfare Society – Registered Charity 1155941

 

Page 3 Credit: Paxos Animal Welfare Society – Registered Charity 1155941

Page 3 Credit: Paxos Animal Welfare Society – Registered Charity 1155941

Page 4 Credit: Paxos Animal Welfare Society – Registered Charity 1155941

Page 4 Credit: Paxos Animal Welfare Society – Registered Charity 1155941

Page 5 Credit: Paxos Animal Welfare Society – Registered Charity 1155941

Page 5 Credit: Paxos Animal Welfare Society – Registered Charity 1155941

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Page 6 Credit: Paxos Animal Welfare Society – Registered Charity 1155941

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Page 7 Credit: Paxos Animal Welfare Society – Registered Charity 1155941

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‘War + Peace’, Selected Biro Drawings 2008 – 2014

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'War + Peace', Selected Biro Drawings 2008 - 2014 by Jane Lee McCracken, Front Cover

‘War + Peace’, Selected Biro Drawings 2008 – 2014 Limited Edition Hardback Book by Jane Lee McCracken, 2014, Cover

Published today, I am delighted to say that 50 limited edition copies of my new book are now available.  Here is some information about ‘War + Peace’ and a look inside!

” ‘War + Peace’, by multimedia Artist Jane Lee McCracken brings together a selection of her intricate Biro drawings. This beautifully produced hardback book replicates every detail of Jane’s black and colour Biro drawings from several bodies of work spanning 6 years, including, ‘Tales from the East’, ‘The Woodcutter’s Cottage’, ‘In Homage to the Last Carnivores of Eurasia’ and her recent artwork for conservation projects. Inspired by her passion for childhood memoirs, fairy tales, travel, forests and animals and her continuing exploration of the themes of ‘war’ and ‘loss’, multimedia artist Jane makes multiplex, layered drawings in colour or black Biro, using her drawings as inspiration to create objects and installations.  Taking photographs of films and documentaries, her muse lily, people, animals and found objects as the foundation of her work, she builds complex layers of drawn images in Biro as if film still projections, resulting in monotone or colour abstracted pieces with an ethereal, cinematic quality.  Her aim is to make art that represents the beauty and brutal reality of life thus creating “memorials of lives lived, both human and animal and ways of life lost”. Evoking consideration of loss whether through war or disaster, her work draws upon empathy for the emotional or physical scars experienced by humans, animals or the environment.”

EDITION:

Limited Edition of 50 Hardback Books

Signed and numbered in gold with personal dedication option included

Original Gold Tiger Drawing produced in each copy

To purchase or for further information:

www.janeleemccracken.co.uk/shop/artbook

 Here is a taster of what’s inside! 

'War + Peace', Selected Biro Drawings 2008 - 2014, by Jane Lee McCracken, 'American Dream' 2014

‘American Dream’, ‘War + Peace’ 2014

 

'Our Forefathers' & 'Mummy Bear and Baby Bear', 'War + Peace', 2014

‘Our Forefathers’ & ‘Mummy Bear and Baby Bear’, ‘War + Peace’, 2014

'Butterfly Lover', 'War + Peace', 2014

‘Butterfly Lover’, ‘War + Peace’, 2014

'The Cupboard' & 'Sindy and the Troika', 'War + Peace', 2014

‘The Cupboard’ & ‘Sindy and the Troika’, ‘War + Peace’, 2014

'TV Screen II - Where Wolves and Bears Dare', 'War + Peace', 2014

‘TV Screen II – Where Wolves and Bears Dare’, ‘War + Peace’, 2014

'Shh, it's a Tiger!', 'War + Peace', 2014, Back Cover

‘Shh, it’s a Tiger!’, ‘War + Peace’, 2014, Back Cover

Original Gold Tiger Drawing in each book.

Original Gold Tiger Drawing in each book.

‘The Cupboard’ – Remembering Civilians Caught up in War

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'The Cupboard', original black Biro drawing by Jane Lee McCracken

‘The Cupboard’, original black Biro drawing by Jane Lee McCracken

This simple drawing represents the memory of civilians caught up or lost during war.

During a stay in a cottage in Transylvania, Romania, whilst on a trip bear tracking this painted corner cupboard evoked to me the quiet beauty of how we go about embellishing the space we call home and the private and expressive meanings behind everything we display in that space.

For those caught up in war, losing perhaps what is perceived by others to be just a simple jug, but to the owner of the possession is perhaps a priceless gift given by a beloved grandmother, adds yet more painful loss to the devastation experienced.  Every object in our home tells a story and leaves behind a footprint of our existence.

For further pieces in this series please visit my website