An artist from Ryde has been shortlisted for an international wildlife art award.
Tony Feld was shortlisted for the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation’s Wildlife Artist of the Year award.
Celebrating its tenth year, the international event will showcase some of the world’s best wildlife art at London’s prestigious Mall Galleries from June 28 to July 2.
Tony will be vying for the top prize of £10,000 when the judges make their final decision on June 27.
Tony said: “I am constantly looking at things thinking how they would be to paint. I am interested in light and dark, shadows and reflections and many of my paintings show this.”
One of the judges, artist Gary Hodges, said: “From the silence of a shark casting its shadowy form on the ocean bed to the scuttling of armadillos, the peacefulness of hippos wallowing in the early morning sun and the symphony of bird song at dusk, selecting the overall winner from this amazing collection will be extremely hard.”
Each piece in the exhibition will be for sale, with profits split fifty-fifty between the artists and the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation’s conservation projects across Africa and Asia.
Since 2007, the event has raised more than £350,000 to help protect some the world’s most endangered wildlife.
David Shepherd CBE, wildlife artist and conservationist, said: “I set up my foundation with the sole purpose of giving something back to the animals that helped me achieve success as an artist.”