5th Position, by Guy Combes Artwork medium: Oil and acrylic on canvasįacing Extinction category winner: Running Towards Extinction, by Cole Stirling The Earth’s Wild Beauty category is a celebration of Earth’s wild landscapes, seascapes and all that live in them. Human beings share this planet with a huge variety of species and everyday moments of beauty occur as the land and wildlife that lives within it adapts to survive the extremes of nature.
Our planet is an inspiring tapestry of contrasting habitats and landscapes, providing homes to a host of different animals, plants, trees and insects. Gary Hodges: “There is such immense feeling of love exuding from this magnificent drawing of our close relatives.” Earth's Wild Beauty category winner
It is an extremely accomplished piece of artwork.” Melanie Shepherd: “This brilliant drawing by Szilvia of chimps captures the very gentle anthropomorphic relationship between the two animals. We humans could and should learn from them. If we just look at this picture.we all feel what love is, what love should be between a father and his son. They love.they love each other with such helpless abandon. These endangered great apes who make love…not war! They have a reputation for being the peaceful, free-loving hippies of the wild world. Father & Son, by Szilvia Mate Artwork medium: Graphite and coloured pencilĪnimal Behaviour category winner: Father & Son, by Szilvia Mate.īonobos are a species who are capable of showing a wide range of what were long held as human-specific feelings and emotions, such as sensitivity, patience, compassion, kindness, empathy and altruism. The Animal Behaviour category welcomes artworks that exhibit a true understanding of animal behaviour, capturing moments that might be humorous, tragic, aggressive, or simply a part of their daily routine. Whether showing incredible skill in seeking food, demonstrating protective instincts for their young, engaging in a unique mating performance or simply relaxing in the sun, every creature will display individuality and character. The longer I gazed through the gaps where the bear should have been, the more I was struck by a brutal vision of these mighty animals disappearing from our frozen north.” Animal Behaviour category winnerĪnimals, like humans, have complex personalities and behaviours and show a wide range of emotion, intellect and sentience.
Paul McGuinness: “A beautiful and skilful work that demands attention, celebrating its subject while provoking a powerful reaction to the reality of their plight. A very worthy runner up of this competition and this result is so well deserved.” BBC Wildlife Magazine Editor's Choice Banquise, by Pascal Chesneau Artwork medium: A sculpture made from shaped, welded metal.īBC Wildlife Magazine Editor's Choice: Banquise, by Pascal Chesneau. She is a superb technician and has created a beautiful and ultimately moving composition. Mandy Shepherd: “Stella Mays never fails to impress and this painting is no exception. Look closely at the criss-crossing pastel marks, absorb the colours and the energy, and you realise that you are in the presence of a consummate artist.” This is not only a superb composition overall but every square inch is a joy to behold. This painting reinforces her immense skill, and the execution of the subject and the setting speaks clearly for itself. Hazel Soan: “Stella Mays is a master of pastel painting. Her attention to detail and atmosphere is truly brilliant. Melanie Shepherd: “This wonderful image, captured in such detail by Stella, of the polar bear on the ice brings home the fragility of the situation faced by these magnificent creatures. Overall runner-up: Fly By, by Stella Mays Judges' comments
Gary Hodges: “Such a brilliant painting, filled with exquisite, subtle colours creating a deceptively simple composition.” Overall runner-up Fly By, by Stella Mays Artwork medium: Pastel on board. It is filled with fragility and tenderness, hope and promise, wrapped in a quiet undercurrent of warning, whispering that we must do everything we can to look after this precious jewel.” In its beguiling simplicity it speaks of the vastness of the planet and the smallness of its creatures, even those as large as whales. Hazel Soan: “That a painting less than a metre wide can be filled with so much space is the reason this painting is a winner. The gentleness of the orcas swimming by such a spectacular backdrop reminds us of the beauty of our planet and how vitally important both land and ocean are to our very survival.” Melanie Shepherd: “This remarkable painting by Darren, as always, captures the atmosphere and scale of the environment he paints. The inspiration for this painting came after watching orcas in British Columbia, Canada. Overall winner: Orcas, Blackfish Sound, by Darren Rees.
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