To start with ...
For the past 18 years I have been drawing local scenes and my wife has been selling them in the trading name of “Badger’s Heritage” Badgers are often called Brock, our family name, and it is the English Heritage that we aim to capture in our drawings - thus “Badger’s Heritage”. Whilst I (Robert) am the principle artist, my wife (Sally) has developed the business and does most of the hand tinting, mount decoration, picture mounting and framing. We are both totally self taught.
We started with drawings of our then local village (Buckland in Oxfordshire) to help fund the development of a village swimming pool and were surprised at how it grew from there.
The Collection ...
We now have well over 1500 pen and ink drawings in the collection that we print from. We cover an approximate area - from Swindon south east to the New Forest, then north east to Guildford and the M25, and west to Reading, Abingdon and Swindon, with drawings of most villages between. We cover a total area of over 1500 square miles and some 650 villages, towns and cities. Churches are very popular and we will always add nearby churches to the collection by request.
Whilst the use of different pens over the years may have introduced slight variations causing the pictures to appear a little lighter or darker the style and subject matter has been consistent. Thus a selection of pictures in the same mounts and frames will hang well together in sets.
Exhibitions ...
We have developed the business by exhibiting at art exhibitions and craft fairs. Starting with a few small school craft fairs we have grown to currently exhibiting each year at some 15 to 20 different professional 2 or 3 day Craft Events or County Shows in our catchment area.
In 1995 we were recognized by the British National Trust and authorized to draw National Trust properties to sell prints through their shops. We now also sell our prints through selected retail outlets locally.
Commercial Drawings ...
We are now adding to our experience with business customers. Our commercial work to date has included - artist impressions for developers, pictures for company calendar production, illustrations for books and local magazines, drawings and paintings of company premises and of various schools for sale to parents.
The Future ...
Our overall life goal is to have the most extensive and well known collection of town and village drawings in the southern counties of England, whilst earning a reputation for quality commissioned work.
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Badger's Heritage
P.O. Box 22, Andover, Hants, SP10 4JD
Tel: 01264 366253 (Fax available - ring first)
Email: info@badgers-heritage.co.uk