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oils, gradually developing a technique using palette knives and thick impasto paint to create a layered effect that became her trademark. She also completed two prestigious bronze commissions, the first, a leaping lynx for 1 Regiment Army Air Corps to mark the end of the unit’s association with Germany. Major-General James Chiswell, the divisional commander, also commissioned a bronze rhino for the 1st (UK) Division.
Hannah left the army in April 2018 to become a full-time artist, setting up her own studio in Gloucestershire. Her detailed knowledge of animal biology and anatomy and her interest in behaviour bring her subjects to life and has made her one of the most successful self-representing artists in the UK. She once described her work as: ‘Art is home for me, it is my comfort, my safe space ... But I am, by trade, a scientist’. Several of her works have been sold for charities, such as support for the Invictus Games team, the World Wildlife Fund, and The Prince of Wales’s conservation charity, Tusk. A brand ambassador for this charity since 2022, she has raised over £200,000 for animal welfare and conservation.
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