The Art of Conservation with Sophie Green

Sophie Green – Artivist, Business Owner

In this episode of Insight, we meet the inspirational artist Sophie Green.

From an early age, Sophie expressed a love for animals of all kinds, at one time thoughts of becoming a vet seemed entirely possible. Instead of following that love of animals, Sophie started her career as a primary school teacher but soon realised that as much as she loved the children and colleagues it was far from the path she felt destined to follow.

With guidance from her brother, himself a talented artist Sophie grew in confidence in developing her own photorealist portraits of the World's most precious and endangered species.

Social media posts of time-lapse excerpts of her work have helped grow Sophie's following and this is enhanced by her passionate motivation to raise awareness of the plight of creatures once considered common-place now dwindling in number due to human intervention, poachers, global warming and the land grabbing of their homes.

Sophie also reveals another side of her career where she auditioned and stood in as body double on some of the biggest films of the past decade.

This a fascinating conversation we're sure you'll enjoy.

NB: There is a slight echo to Sophie's recording as she is literally in an art gallery amongst her own work during the recording.

Links Website: https://www.sophiegreenfineart.com/works Impermanence

Project: https://go.rallyup.com/impermanence-project-fund/Campaign/Details

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sophiegreenart

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophiegreenfineart/

Linktree: https://t.co/YYHvDsCxWI

Bio: Sophie Green Sophie Green is a fine artist from the UK who lives in East Sussex. She specialises in capturing the photorealistic details of animals and their surroundings using acrylic paint and pencil. She has dedicated her time and artistic work to raising awareness for issues surrounding animal welfare and the environment. Sophie is primarily known for her incredibly photo-realistic portraits of many of the planet's endangered species. She combines the production of her fine art with animal welfare and animal rights activism not least by donating 10% of sales to charities supporting these causes. After receiving a first-class Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Brighton, Sophie initially began her career by teaching in a primary school in the south of England. The life of a teacher was soon overtaken by Sophie’s art becoming more widely recognised alongside her concerns and need to safeguard an ever-growing list of endangered animals. Despite the workload, Sophie did find time to create an online art gallery and art store, Art Basket. She initially started the company with the intention of opening a more 'curated' platform for independent Artists to both showcase and sell their work. Content: · Early years and Influences · Teaching · Building a Following · Creativity and Wellbeing · Importance of Artivism, Conservation and Making a Difference