Wildlife Artist of the Year Awards

Pollyanna is honoured to have scooped a coveted first prize in the prestigious Wildlife Artist of the Year awards. Pollyanna's painting 'Golden October' took the first prize in the Birds category. This stunning piece of work is painted in gouache on canvas, and concentrates on the almost abstract beauty of the shapes and colour of autumn leaves with the contrast of the bold dark lines of the branches and the shape of finely painted blackbird.

A reproduction of the winning painting was exhibited ed on the 'Wildscape' stand at the Artists and Illustrators exhibition at the Business Design Centre in London. An touring exhibition of all the prize-winning originals will shortly be announced. The painting was also displayed in Pollyanna's Christmas exhibition in her own gallery in Derbyshire, and is included a portfolio of thirty paintings in her book 'A Brush with Wildife'

Pollyanna is very pleased to have had her work recognised by the judging panel of these awards, and is looking forward to attending the award presentation ceremony in Summer