Photography Contest
The Art of Animals
Deadline |
CLOSEDTheme |
AnimalsTerritory |
WorldwideEligibility |
18+Entry Fees |
$15Prizes |
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Wild Heart GallerySubmit your art and photography animal portraits. There are so many styles of animal portraiture in the world now, show us yours! We are especially happy when a portrait tells us something about the animal. This could be anything from their personality to their favorite food. Something as simple as the angle of a collar or Submit your animal artwork! Any sort of animal is eligible. For this art call, we want to see your most stunning portrayals of animals. Show us epic brush work, incredible composition, mind-boggling photography, or your most elegant animal forms. Make us truly believe we can't live without the animal in your art.
All animals welcome
2D and 3D artwork, sculpture, and photography
Any style and genre that includes one or more animals
All entries must be the original artwork of the submitting artist.
We embrace realism as fully as abstraction. We love loose brush strokes as much as highly detailed photographs. We live for finely crafted ceramics as much as mixed media experiments. We. Love. Art.
We are looking for 2D and 3D artwork, sculpture, and photography that falls into a variety of art style and genre categories: Abstraction, Portraiture, Surrealism, Realism, Pop Art, Expressionism, Assemblage, and more! Our mission is to promote wildlife and animal art in both non-traditional and traditional forms. We exist to honor, promote, and uplift it.
As always, art may include more than just animals and insects. Feel free to incorporate humans, objects, landscapes, shapes, space, or anything else. The work just needs to fit the theme, and the focus needs to be on the animal(s).
Be as literal or as creative with the theme as you like. Originality is one of the components we use to score entries.
Best of Show ($350 cash award)
Overall Runner Up ($150 cash award)
**Blick Art Materials Award ($100 gift coupon for dickblick.com) NEW AWARD, special to this art call!
Artivism Award ($50)
Overall Honorable Mentions
Finalists
All animals welcome
2D and 3D artwork, sculpture, and photography
Any style and genre that includes one or more animals
All entries must be the original artwork of the submitting artist.
We embrace realism as fully as abstraction. We love loose brush strokes as much as highly detailed photographs. We live for finely crafted ceramics as much as mixed media experiments. We. Love. Art.
We are looking for 2D and 3D artwork, sculpture, and photography that falls into a variety of art style and genre categories: Abstraction, Portraiture, Surrealism, Realism, Pop Art, Expressionism, Assemblage, and more! Our mission is to promote wildlife and animal art in both non-traditional and traditional forms. We exist to honor, promote, and uplift it.
As always, art may include more than just animals and insects. Feel free to incorporate humans, objects, landscapes, shapes, space, or anything else. The work just needs to fit the theme, and the focus needs to be on the animal(s).
Be as literal or as creative with the theme as you like. Originality is one of the components we use to score entries.
Best of Show ($350 cash award)
Overall Runner Up ($150 cash award)
**Blick Art Materials Award ($100 gift coupon for dickblick.com) NEW AWARD, special to this art call!
Artivism Award ($50)
Overall Honorable Mentions
Finalists
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