12th Wildlife Artist of the Year won by Stephen Rew
The Wildlife Artist of the Year 2019 Exhibition is currently on at the Mall Galleries until 2nd June 2019. It contains 152 artworks for sale which were juried and selected for exhibition.
The Wildlife Artist of the Year juried art competition was established by David Shepherd CBE FRSA (1931 – 2017). It represents his vision for ‘The Art of Survival’ – using art for wildlife conservation. The exhibition is all about exhibiting the best in wildlife art and raising funds for wildlife conservation.
Below you can find:
You can see online
50% of the sales of all works of art also goes to the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation's wildlife conservation projects across Africa and Asia.
Every year this exhibition attracts a lot of entries from all over the world. Many wildlife artists regard just getting selected as a major achievement given the number and calibre of the entries it gets. It's particularly strong on wildlife art of the more exotic variety.
The competition is open to amateur and professional artists aged 17 and over and welcomes all traditional artistic mediums (excluding digital and photography).
For all aspiring wildlife artists it's an ESSENTIAL exhibition to visit. Although you can view the prizewinners online and on Facebook, you can only really appreciate the quality of the paintings and sculpture when viewed in the galleries.
The exhibition opened on Wednesday 29th May and is open as follows
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The Wildlife Artist of the Year juried art competition was established by David Shepherd CBE FRSA (1931 – 2017). It represents his vision for ‘The Art of Survival’ – using art for wildlife conservation. The exhibition is all about exhibiting the best in wildlife art and raising funds for wildlife conservation.
Below you can find:
- facts about the exhibition and how to see it
- the list of the award winners
- my commentary on the exhibition - which this year is focused on what's different
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| Includes two paintings by last year's winner (top right and centre) and two paintings of an animal - the polar bear - which won the year before in 2017! |
- the shortlist of selected artworks featured in the exhibition and shortlisted for category prizes - for those unable to get to London,
- an online exhibition of those artworks which didn’t make onto the walls of the exhibition at the Mall Galleries but which the judges believe demonstrate incredible skill and creativity. These are also for sale.
50% of every sale will go directly to saving endangered species and fighting wildlife crime across Africa and Asia.Unfortunately I missed the preview and awards on Tuesday evening as I was at the National Portrait Gallery all day watching the Final of next year's Portrait Artist of the Year 2020 being filmed. However I visited the exhibition yesterday afternoon and images from this year's exhibition can be found below.
The Wildlife Artist of the Year Exhibition
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| View of the exhibition in the Main Gallery of the Mall Galleries |
The competition is open to amateur and professional artists aged 17 and over and welcomes all traditional artistic mediums (excluding digital and photography).
For all aspiring wildlife artists it's an ESSENTIAL exhibition to visit. Although you can view the prizewinners online and on Facebook, you can only really appreciate the quality of the paintings and sculpture when viewed in the galleries.
The exhibition opened on Wednesday 29th May and is open as follows
- Until Friday – 10am to 5pm
- Saturday – 10am to 4pm
- Sunday – 10am – 1pm
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