| Anne Worsham Richardson’s love of nature and all living
creatures is evident in her watercolor paintings of wildlife and birds exhibited in her
gallery in the historic district of Charleston, South Carolina. Her ability to recreate
nature in her art began when she would entertain herself with drawing as a child in a
highchair. As a teenager, she was painting the neighbors’ pets and farm animals.
"I would come home from school and there would be a horse or something tied to the
fence. I would ask Mother if they wanted the head or the whole animal. Of course, the
commission for the whole animal portrait was more." Later after moving to Charleston,
SC, Mrs. Richardson began studying nature, especially birds, through the libraries, the
museums, and field trips all over the U.S. The career of South Carolina’s most famous
bird painter was launched. Now the artist has been granted a special Federal permit for
the scientific study of birds as they recover in her sanctuary in Charleston, SC. In her
detailed watercolors, you will also observe many species of plant life the artist has
studied for her works. The paintings depict wildlife and their habitats. From
showings in museums and art galleries to an exhibit in a castle on Germany’s Danish
border, Mrs. Richardson’s paintings have been exhibited all over the world. National
Wildlife chose her "California Quail" as Art Print of the Year. Anne
Worsham Richardson is South Carolina’s official painter of the State Bird and Flower
("Carolina Wren and Yellow Jessamine") and the State Butterfly ("Yellow
Swallow-tailed with Wild Azalea"). In 1991, South Carolina’s Hall of Fame
inducted Mrs. Richardson. The Artist presents a color slide lecture to a wide range of
audiences. The slide program "My Adventure with Birds" illustrates her
wonderfully entertaining experiences as a bird rehabilitator and artist. She has lectured
from college campuses to garden clubs. The artist has received commendations for her work
as a wildlife conservationist from the U. S. Department of Interior. Anne Worsham
Richardson hopes that her paintings may real to others in a small way, "an
appreciation, and respect for all life, and our need to protect our natural
resources"
Anne with Laura Bush in her Gallery
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Anne Worsham Richardson
Exhibits
- Kennedy Galleries, New York City
- Southern Art Center Vermont
- Boston Audubon Society
- National Wildlife Headquarters
- Congressional Club, Washington D. C.
- Columbus Art Museum, Columbus, GA
- Clayton Museum in St. Louis, MO
- Florida Audubon Society, Lake Wales, FL
- Morton Arboretum, Chicago, IL
- The California State Museum sponsored
three solo exhibitions and a twenty-city lecture tour in California
- Glucksburg, Germany at the invitation of
Prince Friedrich Ferdinand zu Schleswig-Holstein.
- Greenville Art Museum
- Florence Museum, Florence, SC
- York County Museum, Rock Hill, SC
- Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
- Columbia Art Museum, Columbia, SC
- Pittsfield Art Museum, Pittsfield, MA
- Pocono Lake Preserve, Pocono, PA
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