Painted Wolf Wines and Paintings; Wine and Wilddogs, Art for Impact

Painted Wolf Wines and Lin Barrie Art…. #ARTFORIMPACT

Stop Press 2014!…..Jeremy and Emma Borg of Painted Wolf Wines chose another of my paintings as a label for their blend  Pictus III…..

see the story behind the label here:

http://www.paintedwolfwines.com/2014/11/26/pictus-iii-the-story-behind-the-label/

Pictus I, (2009) – the original Pictus blend, was a blend of Shiraz Grenache and Mourvedre.

The label, “Snare and her siblings” was taken from a painting by Lin Barrie which was  later auctioned by the Tusk Trust in the UK at the Friends of Lewa dinner…

African wild dogs; I live with them, absorb their family life and hunting behaviors, write about them, admire them,  and paint them constantly….!!!!

It is estimated that one hundred years ago there were over half a million throughout Sub – Saharan Africa – this figure has dropped to an estimated 4500- 6000 animals scattered in small populations, with Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania holding the most viable populations. African Painted Dogs are critically endangered.

There are a number of reasons why the species is declining, almost all being human related – and almost all related to Space… finding adequate space for humans and wild dogs to co exist…

1) like the American and European wolves, African wild dogs are shot or poisoned by land owners, rural communities, hunters and farmers, perceiving them to be a threat to livestock.

2) snares set by poachers for bushmeat inadvertently entrap African wild dogs as well …

3) rabies – contracting rabies from domestic dogs and vice versa

4) being run over by vehicles

African wild dog (Painted Dog)  populations are affected by changes in the density of the bush and access to prey. Space! They are also attacked and killed by other predators, particularly lions, and especially when they are denning with pups….

CONSERVATION AIMS.

Historical:

Jeremy and Emma Borg founded Painted Wolf Wines.

We got to know each other through Charlie Mayhew of Tusk Trust, and the first Pictus wine label was conceived!

Wine and Wild Dog weekends then were born, combining Painted Wolf wine tastings, conservation talks by African Wildlife Conservation Fund, and art safaris in such wilderness lodges as Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge

Jeremy Borg of Painted Wolf Wines and Pedals 4 Paws planned a number of cycle rides  to visit most of the reserves in Southern Africa where viable populations of Painted Dogs exist and where there are research and conservation programs in place. Each ride highlighted a different area and the work of different conservation organisations,  to communicate to a broad public about the dogs, engage local communities and schools and other related conservation issues such as immunization of domestic stock against common diseases and the effect which poaching with wire snares and other snares set to catch game for the bush meat trade is having on African wild dogs and all other species.

During Pedal 4 Paws rides, ranging from Mana pools to the Save Valley Conservancy and Gonarezhou, Chilo Gorge Lodge and the Mahenye Jamanda Wilderness, rural school children all along the way contributed artworks… #artforimpact indeed !!!

BENEFICIARIES OF FUNDS.

I am proud to collaborate with Painted Wolf Wines who are involved with a number of conservation organisations in Southern Africa such as The Endangered Wild Life trust, The Tusk Trust, The Botswana Predator Conservation Trust, the African Pangolin Working Group, Painted Dog Conservation, African Wildlife Conservation Fund, and Painted Wolf  Foundation.

This highly social and charismatic animal is amongst the most endangered of all African mammals. Thinking of all the wonderful names that can be attributed to Lycaon pictus, in collusion with Nick Dyer, here is my mixed media painting which appears in the gorgeous book, Painted Wolves, a Wild Dogs Life, by Nicholas Dyer and Peter Blinston…

The African Wild Dog is only distantly related to domestic dogs or wolves, and is in fact the last remaining remnant of a group of canids which pre-date domestic dogs and wolves on the evolutionary ladder. Read my blog regarding the many names of African wild dogs…

Art for Impact…art for wildlife, for communities, and for conservation…

Community conservation initiatives are paramount to my practice and through Painted Wolf Wines and Amanda Borg, I also contribute to initiatives for Pangolin conservation by the African Pangolin Working Group in association with Strauss & Co and Circa Gallery 

Lin Barrie, “Red Earth Pangolin”, mixed media on canvas, with real earth pigment, 110 x 120 cm, 2024…

Follow my blog for a shout out by a respected art investment advisory service called Capital Art, a shout out for “conservation art “ – art for doing good, art for impact- I am so pleased to be included in the list for my work with Painted Wolf Wines- https://wineandwilddogs.art/2024/10/20/art-with-impact-collecting-art/

and facebook page A Celebration of Painted Wolves, to find out more about African wild dogs, Community conservation impact, conservation events, Wine and Wild Dog Weekends at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, Pedal 4 Paws rides,  and the fabulous Taste of Africa” luncheon in the Mukuvisi Woodlands!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Celebration-of-Painted-Wolves/204094596348428