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‘Intensity’ Chosen for SAA’s 65th Art & the Animal Exhibition
(Oct. 8, 2025) - “Intensity,” Anne Peyton’s portrait of a Long-crested Eagle, was selected for the 65th Art & the Animal Exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists. The exhibition appears at The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls between October 10, 2025 and January 3, 2026 with artist demonstrations on October 11.
“The long-crested eagle has a wide distribution throughout much of the African continent. They currently live successfully in many different habitats, including natural and man-made, such as plantations. According to a paper released in 2022 by the Peregrine Fund, this relatively small eagle, which is thought of as one of Kenya’s most iconic raptors, has declined in numbers by 94 percent over the past 40 years.
“The decline is due to collisions with electrical infrastructure and cars, electrocutions, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss or deliberate, or incidental poisoning. All of these issues are things that can be fairly easily addressed with some effort.”
Distinguished: This year's exhibit is Peyton's 15th selection to Art & the Animal Kingdom, allowing her to become a Distinguished Signature Member of the SAA.
Two Anne Peyton Pieces Appear in ‘Wild Great Plains’ Exhibition
(Oct. 3, 2025) - Two Anne Peyton art pieces are on display at the University of Nebraska’s Great Plains Art Museum for an exhibition enititled Wild Great Plains.
Both “Attention Captured” (Red-tailed Hawk) and “Top of the Morning” (Dickcissel) were commissioned by the Museum when Peyton won the Gallery Award at the 2010 American Plains Artists’ “Art of the Plains 2010” annual Juried Exhibition that became the Elizabeth Rubendall Artist-in-Residence Program and solo exhibition.
The Wild Great Plains exhibit is inspired by the Center for Great Plains Studies’ 50th annual conference which includes the Museum. The exhibition considers the concept of wild in art and how artists have connected with and portayed the wild species and places of the region.
The Great Plains Art Museum is located at 1155 Q St. in Lincoln, Nebraska, just south of University of Nebraska’s main campus. Wild Great Plains is on view in the lower level gallery through Feb. 21, 2026.
‘Fixation’ selected for Artists For Conservation Festival
(Sept. 22, 2025) - Anne Peyton’s portrait of a White Hawk entitled “Fixation” will appear in the 15th Annual International Exhibit of Nature in Art, September 25-28 at the VanDusen Botanical Gardens in Vancouver, British Columbia.
“‘Fixation” has two meanings: First is the single-mindedness of a hawk on the hunt for food,” Peyton said. “When the bird sees potential prey, it will lock on the target until the time is right to pursue and strike.
“Second is the work that many nations and conservation groups are doing to preserve the ecosystems. Although white hawks are not threatened, they are losing habitat to agriculture and ranching. Habitat loss affects the forest flora and fauna. Many nations are using the charismatic white hawk as an ‘umbrella species’ to protect the forests and its biodiversity.”
Anne Peyton’s ‘Last Light’ debuts at Western Visions Show and Sale
(Sept. 1, 2025) - Anne Peyton’s “Last Light,” a portrait of a Barn Owl, will appear in the 38th Western Visions Show + Sale at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyo.
“Barn Owls are amazing creatures but they operate on their own time,” Peyton said. “Even if you scout for them and know the trees where they roost, you are never guaranteed a sighting. The best you can hope for is a rustle in the tree, a bright moon, or a vocalization.
“The oddest roost site I’ve witnessed was a two-sided billboard along the Salt River riparian corridor in downtown Phoenix. As the sun was setting and the local Great-horned Owls were starting to hunt, there came a loud cricket chirp from between the billboards: a tell-tale giveaway a barn owl was present. I couldn't see the owl within the dark space, but when it got darker, it began to move around.
“When it reached the far end, I was able to briefly see its silhouette before it flew down into the river bed for its evening hunt.
Western Visions runs from Sept. 6-28, with the primary sale on Sept. 11.‘Anne Peyton: Art and Conservation’ featured in Art Of The West magazine
(July 1, 2025) - Arizona artist Anne Peyton’s art journey and her commitment to conservation is the subject of a feature profile in Art of the West magazine.
Anne spoke with staff writer Joe Tougas about her art journey as a child in Colorado drawing birds for family and neighbors to becoming a prominent automotive racing artist for three decades before circling back to her early roots at the start of the new millenium.
Tougas writes that Peyton is drawn to birds largely as a mission, one that offers new information about the animals, information that includes behaviors and even personalities that she gets to observe while taking care of owls, hawks, eagles and vultures at Liberty Wildlife, a rehabilitation center in Phoenix, Arizona, devoted to caring for injured wildlife.
“It’s awareness about the animals around us that we never see,” Peyton said. “My message is, in the end, conservation. That’s who I am and what I do. I’d like for people to care about birds as much as I care about them, but they’re not ever going to do that if they never actually see them.”
“Anne Peyton: Art and Conservation” appears in the July/August edition of the magazine.
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