CELEBRITY ART

Reeves launched a campaign with the Born Free Foundation to ask celebrities to paint a picture of their favourite animal and help to raise money for this worthy charity.

The Born Free Foundation is an international wildlife charity founded by actors Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna following their starring roles in the film Born Free. Born Free works with compassion to prevent cruelty, alleviate suffering and encourage everyone to treat all individual animals with respect. The charity believes wildlife belongs in the wild and is dedicated to the conservation of rare species in their natural habitat, and the phasing out of traditional zoos.

The completed paintings will be auctioned at the Born Free Foundation’s Summer Ball on 15th June in the hope of raising lots of money to help continue the charity’s work.

A number of high profile celebrities have painted a picture and these range from stunning faithful representations of their favourite animal to modern abstract pieces of artwork. There are some very exciting pictures and the standard of work has been excellent.

To follow are the paintings that have been returned:

(Click on the painting to get a better view)