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From his studio close to the banks of the River Wylye in South Wiltshire, Nick Andrew captures a sense of atmosphere in his work. “I’m passionate about drawing- being out in the landscape or city, being subject to all weather conditions, and trying to achieve a sense of place using a range of drawing media as well as documenting in words something of the feel of the place- sounds, smells + scents, people, animals, weather, incidents.”

BECKSY creates unique and desirable pieces painted with just a palette knife. BECKSY runs her successful art business from her studio in the Scottish Borders.

Adam lives and works in the Cotswolds where the bountiful and diverse environment provides endless resource for his inspiration.

One of Britain’s leading wildlife sculptors, Adam has a signature fluid style of simple lines and flowing forms depicting both movement and emotion that beautifully captures the essence of his subjects.

UK based wildlife photographer passionate about the natural world. He hopes his images inspire people to protect the wonderful environment around us.

Sam is an artist living in Dorset, England. She works in watercolours, gouache, colour pencils and graphite pencil on board, paper, slates and stone.

She often uses poignant quotes within her detailed and distictive style.

Mark is a zoologist, an outspoken conservationist, an award-winning writer, a TV and radio presenter, a widely published wildlife photographer, a best-selling author, a wildlife tour operator and leader, a lecturer, and a magazine columnist.

I have always been fascinated by the shapes and sculptural forms of animals, they present a never-ending source of inspiration to me. I try to capture a feeling of their movement and presence in my sculpture. For this I use wire and other materials in a way that suggests drawing in three dimensions.

Geraldine is a Wiltshire based artist who works with ceramics, concentrating mostly on sculpture.

Geraldine is a trained Arts Adviser for the Arts Award qualification sponsored by the Arts Council.

Sculptor Pippa works from her studio on the Somerset Dorset border. “I am obsessed with clay. For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by it, digging it up from the fields when I was young and making things that rapidly fell to pieces. It is the only material I know that only needs hands to shape it.

Despite no formal opportunity to train in ceramics, I have always continued to make things out of clay.”

Tanya began working on wood around six years ago. Each piece is a ready made landscape. “I take the wood, see the landscape presented and paint what I feel is appropriate for the wood. A habitat for a wild and beautiful animal.” Whilst many of the creatures I paint are British, I am increasingly inspired by the Arctic and by Norse legends.

Naomi Joy is a successful Bristol based animal artist focussing on bringing modernity to pet portraits and showing the beauty and life behind all animals

My work explores the issue of diminishing biodiversity, the fact that organisms are functionally inseparable from the environment in which they live and questions sentimental Images of wildlife that serve to mask the ‘State of Nature.’

Ephemeral outline drawings, suggesting presence of absence- are juxtaposed with fine detail oil painting that serve to illustrate the familiar we stand to lose.

Maxine’s felt pictures are created using two felt making techniques the traditional wet felting alongside the more modern needle felting, using different coloured fibres as her ‘paint’ and a barbed needle as her ‘brush’ Maxine is effectively painting with wool.

Bristol based artist going by the name ‘Spot the Badger’ 

“In my local paper we have a competition called ‘Spot the Badger’ which involves finding a very small Badger in a very big paper. I loved the randomness of this competition and this little Badger has given me the silhouette and focus my work was lacking.”