Wild Animals Creative Mortal Of The Twelvemonth 2013 - David Shepherd Wild Animals Foundation

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

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

I went to encounter it belatedly yesterday afternoon.  Below you'll notice links to the prizewinners together with how you lot tin laissez passer on the sack encounter the exhibition online

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

Prizewinners

Overall Winner together with Go Wild Category Winner: A Journey from Londolozi (£3,785.00 / SOLD)
yesteryear 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 inwards Graphic Design he flora the involve to limited his inventiveness amongst an option means. Be it earth, stone, leaf, water, light, shadow together with fifty-fifty plastic, he grasps the loose energy together with moulds it into a necessary together with intriguing artistic dialogue...... He is currently based at Londolozi Game Reserve every bit creative individual inwards residenceSimon Max Bannister website

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

Overall runner-up together with Endangered Category Winner together with David Shepherd Choice winner
High Life (£2,200.00) yesteryear 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 encounter many pastels inwards this demo but this 1 was a rattling practiced one.  Apparently the creative individual also earned a commissioned based on this pastel painting.

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

Category Winner Wild Life

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

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

I flora this slice to live rattling impressive.  I especially liked the interactive nature of it such that  you tin laissez passer on the sack 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 fauna artwork

Impressions

What follows are some of my impressions.

• the artwork is upwardly to the commons high standards that I facial expression of operate selected for this exhibition
• sculptures by onetime winner Adam Binden were rattling impressive every bit usual.  I think I'd lead maintain liked to encounter to a greater extent than of his operate grouped together
• it was peachy to encounter some operate of rattling high character at a smaller scale included inwards the exhibition.  The 1 below is yesteryear her weblog postal service close the exhibition together with her painting.  This is Tracey's fourth show.

Grey Seals (£400) yesteryear 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 prototype of seeds yesteryear botanical creative individual Rachel Pedder.  It seemed to me it worked rattling good every bit an approach to prototype wild fauna too.

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

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

• there was a rattling practiced arrive at inwards sizes but overall, I had a full general impression that at that spot seemed to live fewer rattling large pieces together with to a greater extent than medium sized pieces compared to the terminal fourth dimension I visited.  I advise that those considering an entry for side yesteryear side twelvemonth lead maintain the chance to 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 at that spot are e'er a lot of guests.

I'm trying to think of the terminal fourth dimension I commented on the scheme of an exhibition - together with can't remember!  However I lead maintain to confess I came away amongst a stronger impression of problems amongst layout than the images.

• The Wildlife Artist of the Year was inwards the centre of the gallery - together with was rattling impressive. However the slice seemed to live hedged inwards amongst portfolios, demonstration tables together with tables together with chairs associated amongst the refreshment facility.  This was a compassion every bit it made it rattling hard to encounter the slice properly.

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

• The gallery seemed rattling crowded together with non especially good position out.  It goes without proverb that inwards social club to sell fine art you lot involve to live able to encounter the fine art - together with I'm non certain the layout adopted promoted that objective.
• It was rattling hard to encounter the sculpture from a distance inwards a way where the visual distractions from other pieces located rattling unopen yesteryear together with inwards the background were limited
• I had to operate rattling hard at taking distance views of the whole gallery together with inwards the cease gave upwardly 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 amend blueprint which accommodates demonstrations, impress sales together with the rattling large job organisation tabular array - every bit good every bit all the artwork.  My personal preference would live for consummate separation together with for 1 (smaller) together with rattling focused expanse - NOT inwards forepart of the artwork(!) for transacting business together with selling prints together with cards.
• there seemed to live rather to a greater extent than tables together with chair than commons - or possibly they merely seemed more intrusive because at that spot was rattling picayune opened upwardly space.

Virtual Exhibitions - Wildlife Artist of the Year

There are 2 virtual exhibitions on the website:

• the start is for all the entries hung inwards the exhibition for 2013 Wildlife Artist of the Year (139 items).  This 1 is kept upwardly to appointment amongst which pieces lead maintain sold.
• the minute 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 Sat 8 June betwixt 10am together with 2pm amongst Mandy Shepherd together with Emily Lamb

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

Tweet

Subscribe to receive free email updates: