John N. Agnew - http://www.angelfire.com/id/wildscenes/
John Agnew was born in Dayton, Ohio. His parents met in art school, so he had an early exposure to the art world. Despite this influence, his early interests lead to dinosaurs and reptiles, and plans to become a zoologist.
This course was nurtured by the Dayton Museum of Natural History, where he went through the museum`s nature lore classes and as a high school student landed a job in the museum`s "Junior Curator" program, caring for the live reptile display.
These were created on Scratch board which is a white clay-coated board that is covered in black India ink. The ink is scratched off with a needle or razor to make the image. His early interests lead to dinosaurs and reptiles, and plans to become a zoologist.
Richard Allen - http://www.richardallenillustrator.com/richardallen.html
Born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1964, an Art Foundation Course at Brighton was followed by a Degree in Graphic/Illustration at Kingston Polytechnic. Starting as a freelance illustrator in advertising, publishing and newspapers, his work has gradually drifted towards his main interest of birds and wildlife, especially after winning "British Birds" magazine, "Bird Illustrator of the Year" in 1993.
This was created as an illustration for RSPB "Birds" magazine.
This was created as a Oil over acrylic Painting, the materials used are acrylic paint with oil paint over it with a paint brush. Main inspiration is on winning "British Birds - Bird Illustrator of the year" in 1993.
Steven Lingham is a self-taught artist, based in Yorkshire. He was born in Derby but spent most of his life living in the Vale of York. After a number of years working in the printing industry, and due to the escalating and ever demanding popularity of his paintings, Steven decided to make his life-long hobby into a full-time career in 2003, and since doing so his reputation and skills have gained tremendously.
Steven simply loves to paint, whether it be wildlife, still life or portraits, it's the challenge to excel himself that drives his passion for his art, initially much inspired by contemporary realist wildlife artists.
Steven has also found great inspiration in masters such as Millais, Vermeer and Caravaggio, where the combination of light and detail plays heavily to create beautiful art.
This was created as oil on panel, materials used oil paints on a palette.
He was born in Maine on June 21, 1964 and lived there until the age of ten, at which point his family moved to Mississippi. He spent many of his young days in Maine collecting insects, exploring the woods, and drawing everything he could see, including many things that no one ever sees.
When he moved to Mississippi his interest in art and nature continued. After graduating from High School, he attended the Memphis College of Art for a while, but decided it wasn't for him.
He worked the night shift at a local grocery and did some free lance artwork on the side for the next few years. Since March of 1988, He has worked at the Mississippi State Entomological Museum as a scientific illustrator/assistant curator.
When he moved to Mississippi his interest in art and nature continued. After graduating from High School, he attended the Memphis College of Art for a while, but decided it wasn't for him.
He worked the night shift at a local grocery and did some free lance artwork on the side for the next few years. Since March of 1988, He has worked at the Mississippi State Entomological Museum as a scientific illustrator/assistant curator.
Stanley Bird - http://www.stanleybird.co.uk/
Stanley Bird is a Scottish artist based in Glasgow. After pursuing a successful career in the law, Stanley returned to painting and is now taking his life in a new artistic direction.
He works with a bold palette to create exciting images of the natural world - mainly animals, birds and trees - images that seize the imagination and that people can relate to.
Although he could be described as "self-taught", for several years Stanley has been attending classes at the Glasgow School of Art to improve his technique, to widen his experience of making art and to stimulate the creative processes.
Stanley works mainly in acrylics and mixed media on board and on canvas - but will use whatever he needs to make sure he captures that elusive image.
This was created as mixed media and acrylic on board
