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Wildlife Artist of the Year 2011 - David Filer |
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10th June 2011
A young artist from
Zimbabwe was named the 2011 Wildlife Artist of the Year at an awards
ceremony at the Mall Galleries in London on Monday 6th June.
David Filer, who has entered the competition every year
since it began, was delighted to win. It was a fantastic validation of
his work, he said, especially when judged among such inspirational
competition.
"I walked into the gallery tonight, looked around at the other work and thought 'I don't stand a chance'," said David Filer.
David's beautiful graphite image of an elephant and her calf
entitled 'Forever and Ever Amen' was a huge hit with the judging panel.
Commenting on the winning work fellow judge and water colourist, Hazel
Soan summed up the judges views by saying: “The strength and tenderness
of the elephants is perfectly epitomized in the press of the graphite.
An image of extraordinary edge, a drawing without line, totally superb.”
David Filer was presented with a £10,000 cheque by David
Shepherd, founder and president of DSWF and zoologist and DSWF honorary
vice president, Mark Cardwardine.
"The competition attracted a fantastic range of work from
artists from all over the world but David Filer’s work had such depth
and life that the judges had little difficulty in selecting it as the
overall winner," said David Shepherd.
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