So I opened my email inbox on Thursday to find a piece of amazing, superb, thrilling news. My Mountain Gorillas have been shortlisted
for the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year award and will be
exhibited along with many other wildlife artists at the Mall Galleries
in LONDON in June!!! I had to re-read the email so many times to check I'd not missed something but it's still there in black and white, eeee!
The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation carry out vitally important charity and conservation work, David Shepherd himself being made a CBE for his services to the world of conservation. Proceeds from the sales of artwork at the Exhibition in June will be put towards the organisation's many conservation projects. You can read more about these projects here
http://www.davidshepherd.org/projects/
This is definitely the biggest thing to happen in my art career so far and it certainly seems to have filled me with a new-found respect for myself and my art, the fact that a prestigious international art competition has seen fit to accept a piece of my work and provide a space for it to hang in the company of many superb artists in our capital city is, quite frankly, blowing my mind! I'm feeling motivated and inspired to create new pieces where previously I admit I was wondering if all the hours spent on drawings was a productive way to spend my time. I'm thrilled and beyond chuffed! I finally feel like the last four years of completing pet commissions for those wonderful people who enjoyed my art are being rewarded as well as me, I am so grateful for that.
Anyway, this is the drawing in question! Have a click on the pic to see in a tad more detail.
Naturally
I guess that now would be a good time to mention that this drawing is available as a
Limited Edition print, so that's limited to 100 prints! These and a
selection of other prints can be purchased from my online shop www.megghyll.co.uk/shop.html
Now I need to get cracking and finish off those Puffins so I can get started on a very exciting new drawing which isn't like anything I've done previously, a bit of fun too, watch this space! I'll post an update on how the Puffin Study is coming along on here in the next couple of days :)
Ciao for now,
Meg x
