"Gary, without fail, captures the soul, the heart and the essence of whatever creature he is drawing. You only have to look into their eyes."

Dame Virginia McKenna
 

Founder and Trustee of The Born Free Foundation

Gary Hodges absolutely loves animals and has been portraying their individual characters and beauty through his intricate drawings for over 40 years. He is the UK's best selling and most collectable pencil artist with many awards to his name. Gary has sold over 115,000 personally signed and numbered wildlife art prints from 140 different editions. 132 of these limited editions have sold out - very few artists could make this claim.

Over the years the huge demand for Gary’s prints has led to a lucrative secondary market, rewarding collectors with more than just the sheer beauty of his drawings. His first limited edition print “Green Turtle” was published in 1987 by Greenpeace and sold for £8.50. In recent years copies have changed hands for up to an incredible £3,500.00. In 2015 he introduced unique embellished prints into his varied portfolio and they have smashed this record a number of times reaching as high as £6,700.00 for the 1993 Snow Leopard, when auctioned by TVs James Lewis.

As a great supporter and long standing friend of Born Free, as well as many other wildlife and environmental organisations, Gary has raised well over one million pounds for charity by auctioning his unique artworks at special fundraising events.

In 2016, Gary’s Heart and Soul exhibition, held at London’s Mall Galleries, was a sell-out event, raising over £133,000 at the opening night auction for Born Free and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). In 2018, Gary’s Love and Protection exhibition, held at the Nature in Art museum in Gloucester, raised £44,000 for six wildlife charities, with £7,400 donated to Born Free. Both auctions were conducted by James Lewis.


"I can't imagine making a living drawing wildlife without giving back to help ensure their protection."

Gary Hodges