SWLA | Visitors' Choice Award 2024

/ Society of Wildlife Artists

Sculptures and paintings from SWLA The Natural Eye 2024
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Each year visitors to the Society of Wildlife Artists' annual exhibition, The Natural Eye, vote for their favourite work in the show. 

This year's votes have been counted and we are delighted to announce the winner of the SWLA Visitors' Choice Award 2024...

Winner: Simon Griffiths SWLA | Little Owls

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Simon creates ceramic and bronze sculptures with a strong emphasis on the wildlife of his home in the North Pennines, a landscape of windswept moorland, deep wooded valleys and moving water. His work combines observational accuracy with an impressionistic freshness which captures something of the excitement of an encounter.

Sculpture of two birds sat on a curved branch

Visitors described his work as:

'Beautifully made and the expressions are engaging and delightful!'

'Wonderfully executed (if I had a wall big enough, it would be mine!)'

'Very natural - a beautiful depiction, they almost look real' 

Image credits (left to right):

Heather Irvine, Out of the shadows

John Foker SWLA, Stubble Crows

Darren Woodhead SWLA, Curlew arriving against autumnal sky

Fiona Clucas SWLA, Curlew at dusk, Heversham Marsh

Harriet Mead PSWLA, Calling Raven

William Neill SWLA, Bumblebees on Apple Blossom

Rachel Taylor, Black Grouse

Esther Tyson SWLA, Winter Bullfinch

Ben Woodhams SWLA, Eider Group 1 

Missed the exhibition?

View The Natural Eye 2024 Online

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