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Kitty Harvill holds her original painting for World Albatross Day 2020, and the book where it appears
Kitty Harvill is the Co-founder of Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN) and a highly valued supporter of ACAP and its celebrations of World Albatross Day. Through her sympathetic encouragement of ABUN’s contributing artists ACAP now has many beautiful artworks at its disposal to help illustrate its daily posts to ACAP Latest News and to mark World Albatross Day with downloadable posters. Kitty, along with musician John Nicolosi, has also produced several music videos for ACAP depicting paintings and photographs of all 31 ACAP-listed albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters. Her own artworks form a significant part of ACAP’s gallery of 250-odd artworks.
Good then to hear from Kitty recently that her painting of all the world’s 22 albatross species (which ACAP turned into a poster for last year’s World Albatross Day) was accepted for an international exhibition and subsequent inclusion in a limited-edition 240-page book Artists for Conservation 2020, published as a companion to the exhibition. She explains:: “It is an honour for me to be a Signature member of Artists for Conservation. And an even greater honour to be accepted into their annual international exhibitions. In 2020, my painting of all 22 species of albatrosses under the protection of ACAP was selected for inclusion. My hope is that it can help raise awareness for the conservation of these majestic seabirds. Thank you to the photographers who graciously donated their photographs as reference for this work and to John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, who works tirelessly in his dedication to their conservation.”
All for One, One for All – Albatross; poster by Kitty Harvill
ACAP hopes that its collaboration with ABUN, and with Kitty Harvill, will be able to continue, including with future annual World Albatross Days on 19 June.
John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 30 June 2021