Awards

Simon Levasseur

"Climate Encounter I" (Oil)

I have used art to share my intense love for nature, hoping to inspire others. Our choices matter and it rests in our hands to uplift the Earth to a more balanced and advanced future.

Luke Raffin

"Hanging Out "Belted Kingfisher"" (Acrylic)

I like to capture  the beauty of nature and  share it with everyone  

Laura Levitsky

"Quiet Pursuit" (Acrylic)

Art is where I go to explore and express.  I get lost in it.  It is the only thing I seem to have an infinite patience for as I can sit for hours and meticulously paint every hair of lichen growing on a tree. For me, it is important to include the smallest of pixie-up lichen or the damselfly resting on a blade of grass as I feel it assists in capturing the whole story and hopefully exposes it to the viewer as an important part of the whole picture, not just in the painting, but in nature itself...

Sharon K. Schafer

"Sonoran Shade: Hanging Chain Cholla and Cactus Wren" (Acrylic)

I am in love with the wildlands of Southern Nevada. Austere, enchanting, secretive … a land of mysteries, a keeper of secrets, a land of great contradictions and contrasts … a land of much beauty and little rain … a place as magic as dream and as mysterious as heartbeat.

Charlotte Williams

"We're All Ears" (Graphite/pencil)

The world is in crisis and there are so many causes that need funding, but for me, the looming threat of mass extinction and the ever increasing loss of bio diversity is terrifying. The long-term implications out-stripping all other concerns. It is up to ALL of us to play our part in restoring this fractured planet.  I have pledged to use the best of me, as an artist, to help wherever possible to fund the boots on the ground. A percentage of every piece of work that I do, will be donated to...

Guy Coheleach

"Great Blue Heron Pair" (Oil)

Don Alemany

"Rejoice" (Sculpture)

The wildfowl sculptures I create is to showcase the beauty I see in nature. In doing so I hope other will stop and take notice of nature even if they are in their back yard. It sad to see the decrease in song birds and bees around my little part of the world. Enjoy what we have and please help with conservation.

Michael Dumas

"Faded Blue" (Oil)

The underlying purpose of creating has to do with why certain objects inspire attention in the first place, or how they might be used to express a concept. The greater connection between object and idea, the more insightful the work will be, the more truth it will reveal, and not just about the thing painted but about the artist as well. It is all about thinking and feeling.

James Fiorentino

"Portrait of a Cheetah " (Watercolor)

My main reason for painting nature and willdife art is to educate people about the world around them. At the same time you are also learning about the art of watercolor and the goal is to encourgae people to expereince nature through painting. I raise money and awareness through my art also take part in many conersvation projects. Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ, The Raptor Trust and D & R Greenway Land Trust in Princeton NJ have given me many expereinces in conservation and education. 

Elke Gröning

"Strangler Fig Leprechaun" (Colored pencil)

Watching wild animals in their natural environment and walking in wild landscapes offers us moments of deep joy, peace and the feeling that things seem to be right. Wildlife artists, biologists and paleontologists are sure that a great range of species diversity is the sign of a rich and healthy planet Earth.

Sandra Jones

"Charly" (Pastels)

I try to capture the look, character, feel, texture of an animal and then put all that into an atmosphere that hopefully makes people stop and look closer. Being an Artist I feel I am so fortunate to be able to see the beauty in the world around me in more colour and detail. Unfortunately, this is also true sometimes in seeing the negative impact we are making so I am grateful to be able to share and express through colour, shape and form how I see the splendour in my surroundings.

Harro Maass

"We Love Mice" (Acrylic)

WILDLIFE ART November/December 1999: "We thought we had struck gold when a package of Harro Maass' transparancies arrived from Germany ..... He paints a wonderful variety of animal subjects - some in their natural habitats, some portrait style and other illustration-like. With such versatility, we believe you will see his name again."

Matt Patterson

"Bog Turtle" (Acrylic)

As far back as I can remember I have always had the same two interests, wildlife and art. I loved the outdoors growing up and in my free time I was either out fishing, searching for turtles and snakes or I was painting.