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Wildlife art on show

“Subnivean” by Andrew Henley
WILDLIFE and natural history enthusiasts can look forward to the third national Wildlife Art show, featuring some of Australia’s best wildlife artists and sculptors.

The theme for this year is Australian native fauna, associated environments and related conservation issues, viewed by more than 26 artists from across Australia.

2010 ANU School of Art Graduate, Andrew Henley,  has “imagined” the zone between the earth and snow cover where the temperature hovers around 0°C throughout the winter, a place of refuge for small mammals and created a striking glass sculpture which references the “ceiling” of the subnivean space, a layer of glazed sculpted ice.

The works for this wildlife art exhibition have been selected by an independent panel of judges with expertise in both the life sciences and the arts, and reflects excellence in technique, natural history content and emotive message.

The panel – comprised of Julie Bradley (artist), Leo Joseph (scientist) and Penny Olsen (natural history researcher and publisher) – has also selected several artists for awards of excellence to recognise their contribution to wildlife art in Australia.

These awards will be announced at the official opening at 6pm on Wednesday, April 11.

As well as the juried entries, WABA is proud to present the works of two established Australian artists who have already made important contributions in their respective fields. This year’s invited guest artists are Peter Slater and Julie Blyfield.

Slater is a  well known ornithologist, bird artist and field guide illustrator who claims to have  illustrated all Australian bird species at least four times, while Blyfield, winner of the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize in 2011, is represented by  formed silver work inspired by the Kangaroo Island region of South Australia.

Wildlife Art @ Discovery Exhibition, at the CSIRO Discovery Centre, April 12-22, Monday to Friday (including public holidays) 9am to 5pm, weekends 11am to 3pm. All works of art are for sale.

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