Brand New!! Wild Fauna Creative Someone Of The Twelvemonth 2013 - David Shepherd Wild Fauna Foundation

Simon Max Bannister, an Ecological Land Artist, is the winner of the Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 awarded past times the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation.

The exhibition is currently occupying the Main Gallery of the Mall Galleries and continues until Sabbatum 8 June 2013 (10am to 5pm). 50% of all the proceeds of sales from this exhibition larn to back upwards the objectives of the Foundation.

I went to run across it belatedly yesterday afternoon.  Below you'll discovery links to the prizewinners as well as how y'all tin run across the exhibition online

Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013
A Journey from Londolozi past times Simon Max Bannister

Prizewinners

Overall Winner as well as Go Wild Category Winner: A Journey from Londolozi (£3,785.00 / SOLD)
past times A journeying of giraffe)
Sculpture: wood | Size: 600cm x 450cm (236.2" x 177.2")

Simon Max Bannister has been consistently creating sculptural artworks for iii years now. After working amongst his marking inward Graphic Design he constitute the need to limited his inventiveness amongst an option means. Be it earth, stone, leaf, water, light, shadow as well as fifty-fifty plastic, he grasps the unloose energy as well as moulds it into a necessary as well as intriguing artistic dialogue...... He is currently based at Londolozi Game Reserve every bit creative someone inward residenceSimon Max Bannister website

This also makes it a win for giraffes inward 2 successive years! (See the 2012 winner Wildlife Artist of the Year - Karen Laurence-Rowe).

Overall runner-up as well as Endangered Category Winner as well as David Shepherd Choice winner
High Life (£2,200.00) past times Stella Mays ( bio )Pastel | Size: 128cm x 95cm (50.4" x 37.4").

High Life (£2,200.00) by Stella Mays ( bio )

Pastel | Size: 128cm x 95cm (50.4" x 37.4")

I don't run across many pastels inward this exhibit but this i was a really practiced one.  Apparently the creative someone also earned a commissioned based on this pastel painting.

Wild Life Category Winner: Hornbills (£2,450.00)
by David Quinn
Original Oil ikon | Size: 64cm x 78cm (25.2" x 30.7")

Category Winner Wild Life

Hornbills by David Quinn
Original Oil ikon | Size: 64cm x 78cm (25.2" x 30.7")

3D Category Winner: Closing The Circle (entire sculpture £4200.00) past times Neil R. Mason
Each penguin £125 - entire sculpture £4200.00
Sculpture: Marble resin | Size: 8cm x 14cm (3.1" x 5.5")

I constitute this slice to live really impressive.  I peculiarly liked the interactive nature of it such that  you tin devise your over ain penguin walk!

Winner of 3D category
'Closing The Circle' by Neil R. Mason

Young & Wild Category Winner | Animal Friends Insurance Winner: Early Bird (£450.00) by David Nuttall
Original: Acrylic | Size: 45cm x 61cm (17.7" x 24")

Winner of Young & Wild Category

Early Bird (£450.00) by David Nuttall

The  Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 Exhibition 

A monochromatic wall of wild animals artwork

Impressions

What follows are some of my impressions.

• the artwork is upwards to the park high standards that I human face of function selected for this exhibition
• sculptures by one-time winner Adam Binden were really impressive every bit usual.  I think I'd possess got liked to run across to a greater extent than of his function grouped together
• it was cracking to run across some function of really high lineament at a smaller scale included inward the exhibition.  The i below is past times her weblog post service nearly the exhibition as well as her painting.  This is Tracey's quaternary show.

Grey Seals (£400) past times Tracy HallSize:
overall size 18cm x 23cm (7.1" x 9.1")
size of artwork: 2.75" x 4.75" watercolour

• I liked this slice which reminded me of a ikon of seeds past times botanical creative someone Rachel Pedder.  It seemed to me it worked really good every bit an approach to ikon wild animals too.

From the Kalimantan Rainforest (£1,500.00) past times Janet Andrews

Watercolour /Gouache | Size: 76cm x 55cm (29.9" x 21.7")

• there was a really practiced make inward sizes but overall, I had a full general impression that in that place seemed to live fewer really large pieces as well as to a greater extent than medium sized pieces compared to the concluding fourth dimension I visited.  I advise that those considering an entry for adjacent twelvemonth accept the chance to written report sizes!

Organisation

One of the things I realised yesterday is that I'd never seen the exhibition earlier except on the individual persuasion night- when in that place are e'er a lot of guests.

I'm trying to think of the concluding fourth dimension I commented on the organisation of an exhibition - as well as can't remember!  However I possess got to confess I came away amongst a stronger impression of problems amongst layout than the images.

• The Wildlife Artist of the Year was inward the centre of the gallery - as well as was really impressive. However the slice seemed to live hedged inward amongst portfolios, demonstration tables as well as tables as well as chairs associated amongst the refreshment facility.  This was a compassion every bit it made it really hard to run across the slice properly.

Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013
'A Journey from Londolozi' past times Simon Max Bannister

• The gallery seemed really crowded as well as non peculiarly good set out.  It goes without proverb that inward guild to sell fine art y'all need to live able to run across the fine art - as well as I'm non certain the layout adopted promoted that objective.
• It was really hard to run across the sculpture from a distance inward a way where the visual distractions from other pieces located really unopen past times as well as inward the background were limited
• I had to function really hard at taking distance views of the whole gallery as well as inward the terminate gave upwards because of the limitations on space.
• there was an awful lot of visual clutter.  It seemed to me that it should live possible to create a improve pattern which accommodates demonstrations, impress sales as well as the really large describe of piece of job concern tabular array - every bit good every bit all the artwork.  My personal preference would live for consummate separation as well as for i (smaller) as well as really focused surface area - NOT inward front end of the artwork(!) for transacting business as well as selling prints as well as cards.
• there seemed to live rather to a greater extent than tables as well as chair than park - or perchance they simply seemed more intrusive because in that place was really lilliputian opened upwards space.

Virtual Exhibitions - Wildlife Artist of the Year

There are 2 virtual exhibitions on the website:

• the kickoff is for all the entries hung inward the exhibition for 2013 Wildlife Artist of the Year (139 items).  This i is kept upwards to appointment amongst which pieces possess got sold.
• the instant is for those pieces of artwork which were selected but non hung - see 2013 Wildlife Artist of the Year - Selected Not Hung (32 items)

There's a demonstration on Sabbatum 8 June betwixt 10am as well as 2pm amongst Mandy Shepherd as well as Emily Lamb

Links: This is my website nearly wild animals fine art - Wildlife as well as Natural History Art - Resources for Artists. It contains links to previous Wildlife Artist of the Year exhibitions as well as highlights award-winning artists.

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